Adolescence

Adam...

Um, I'm outside your school.

Probably gonna have to come into your class, all right?

Promise I'll leave you alone.

We could've sent someone more junior here. You know that, don't ya?

- Hello. - Mrs. Fenumore?

- Yes. - I'm D.I. Bascombe.

- Appreciate you doing this. - Hi. D.S. Frank. Nice to meet you.

Thanks so much for coming. Um...

We've only just let them all back in, so, um, everyone might be a bit raw.

Yeah, we know.

We wouldn't be here if it wasn't important. Okay?

- Well, thanks for coming. - Lead on.

Um, I'll get you signed in.

- Then I'll take you around. - Thank you.

- Hello. - After you.

Tommy. Tommy!

Got a minute?

- See you later. - See you.

The police are here.

Of course they are.

- They're everywhere. - I don't like it.

Yeah, same.

You heard from him?

Everyone's talking about him. I texted him.

Yeah.

I didn't hear nothing. Did you?

Well, you won't. It's not like he's gonna have his phone on him.

Do you think it's true?

- Yeah. - You think Jamie did it?

- Yeah. - They come to your house?

- Yeah. - They ask about the knife?

- Yeah. - What did you say?

I... Dad said not to talk to you about it.

- Was he mad? - Well, yeah. Of course. Weren't yours?

No, they just... They just didn't say nothing.

- I don't want to be in trouble. - You're not in trouble.

- I don't want Jamie to be in trouble. - Yeah.

Well, he is.

Dickhead.

Adam, um, I'm outside your school.

Probably gonna have to come into your class, all right?

Promise I'll leave you alone.

Adam.

- Give me £1.20 now. - Fredo.

- Nah. Give me £1.20. - I don't have money.

- Give me £1.20 now. - Fredo! Fredo, leave him alone.

- I need £1.20, though, sir. - No, you don't. You're on free dinners.

Fourteen parents I've had. Fourteen.

"Is your school safe?"

Oh God. What do you say?

I say the matter didn't even happen on school property.

Then they talk about security guards and metal detectors.

Mia Taylor told me we need to open a grief support room.

We're security guards and social workers now, are we? Great.

Well, I just worry about the impact it's gonna have on the kids. It's a lot.

- Just keep... keep an eye on it. Yeah? - Okay.

- Thanks. - Uh, shirt, please.

- And you, Sean. Come on. - Sorry, miss.

What the fuck's she on about? Fucking hell.

Come, let's go see what the boys are saying. You know what?

- I say we go fuck Jamie up. - Nah, mate. No point.

- Well, we break in, man. - Break in? How are you gonna do that?

- Shut up, man. - Are you guys from Heywood Street?

Yeah.

Get inside!

Hey, Jade.

Do you wanna pop inside the office for us?

Okay?

Thank you. Thanks.

Take a seat.

Thanks, love. Take a seat.

- Go on. You go on that one. - All right.

- Here. - Thank you.

You're welcome. Here you go.

Thanks.

- Hi, Jade. - Hiya.

You all right?

Look, I'm... I'm D.I. Bascombe. This is D.S. Frank.

And this is Mrs. Fenumore. She's from the school.

She's gonna keep an eye on things from the school's perspective,

give you any support you may want or need, okay?

I teach at the lower school, Jade. Okay?

Uh, Jade, we are, um...

We're really grateful that you agreed to talk to us.

I agreed, did I?

And I thought I just got pulled off lunch.

Okay, well, we did try to get you at home,

but your mum wasn't sure what time you'd be back, so...

- Look, if you don't mind, we wanted to... - I don't mind.

I'm the lead investigator on Katie's case.

I wanted to give you my card.

Has the station number on the front

and also a crime reference number on the back.

This is to help you keep up

with the progress of Katie's case, all right?

- You can take that. - Wow.

It's a bit flash, don't you think?

Okay.

Look, uh, we can tell you that we have arrested, uh, one suspect, all right...

Yeah, Jamie.

But we need some more information.

Both on the murder weapon, which we don't yet have,

and why the suspect did it.

Jade, you were good friends with Katie. That's right, isn't it?

Her best friend.

Ask anyone.

Can you tell us about her?

Ain't you got a kid in the school?

Yeah. Yeah.

Adam, right?

- Yeah. - He's off, if you didn't know.

He didn't get your cheekbones.

- I don't see what that has to do... - Can you tell me about him?

Listen.

All you need to know is she's dead.

She shouldn't be. 'Cause she got stabbed.

She was the best person I knew. That's it.

Uh, Jade, was Katie happy?

Well, she didn't stab herself.

What was her relationship with boys like?

You mean with Jamie? She wouldn't go anywhere near him.

- Really? - Yeah.

Interesting. Are you saying that she didn't like him?

Because we've got Instagram posts from her that suggest that they were friends.

- So, you're trying to blame this on her? - No.

Well, you've got video. Everyone knows.

You should be sorting out the guy that killed her.

- We're not asking you to talk... - You are!

- You are! I can hear it in all of ya. - No, Jade. Jade.

- Can I go? - A bit of politeness.

Well, I ain't feeling polite today. Can I go now, Miss Lower School?

Mrs. Fenumore, it's fine. It's okay. You can go, Jade. Thank you.

Fucking useless.

You guys are meant to be best of the police?

Jade.

I'm so sorry. She's very upset.

- Shall we crack on? - Shall we?

- Yeah? - Yeah, let's go.

- Okay. - Sorry about that.

It's okay.

Um, all right. We'll start you in 8G.

- That's Jamie's class. - Yeah, we know.

And you've spoken to some of the boys. Uh, Ryan and Tommy?

Does everyone know everything about this case? Huh?

Well, I think people are gonna know more than you think all day, so...

Oh, I get it, but they shouldn't. It doesn't matter. Let's go.

Guys! Stop it. Sit...

Hey, everybody, sit down!

James! Put the phones away, please!

- Where's. Mr. Malik? - He's late. Don't grass on him.

- Right. Detective Bascombe. - Hi.

He's got something he wants to talk to you all about.

All right, guys. Look, as many of you may know, right...

Oh, I'm so sorry. Uh, Detective Sergeant Frank?

- Frank. It's fine. - I'm sorry. Apologies.

It's okay. As many of you may know, there was a tragic incident

that took place the night before last, okay?

It involved a fatality among one of your schoolmates.

- Did Jamie do it? - Listen to the man.

Oh, shit, he did!

- Stop swearing, please! - Look, calm down. We have made one arrest.

But we are here today

because we still haven't found the murder weapon.

All right? I know that sounds very serious and scary,

but you guys may have some information that we need.

So we're just asking, please come to us and talk to us if you need to, all right?

- Is it true you've got a video? - Please.

Any other situations, any other issues connected to this case,

you can also come and talk to...

Mr. Malik, we protected you.

Sorry I'm late. You must be the police, yeah?

"You must be the police!" I love you, Mr. Malik!

Mr. Malik.

I'm gonna give Mr. Malik my card. It has the police station number on it.

If you wanna talk, you've got information, go to Mr. Malik. He'll come to us. Right?

- Thank you. Take care. - Thank you.

Thank you very much. Wait.

Yeah, we're getting back to the film now, uh, so...

Uh, Marie, you wanna get your pen out?

I ain't got a pen, sir.

Why do schools have that same smell?

It's like a mixture of vomit, cabbage, and masturbation.

It's horrible.

Yeah, sure.

Do you really think we're gonna find a knife here?

Uh, we may have enough. We may.

But if we don't find that knife, he's got a bargaining chip, hasn't he?

You know how it goes. And we saw him walk past the school on CCTV.

- It was dark, I know... - Yeah, I get it.

And I don't have a motive.

I know you need a motive.

I just honestly don't understand why that Jade girl was so angry.

She's upset, mate. They're all gonna be very upset.

I know. I get that. I'm just saying she made it seem like Katie hated Jamie.

I'm so sorry about that. Mr. Malik's newly qualified.

- It's all good. Thank you. - Shall we carry on?

Let's go.

I did send a note around telling everybody that you was coming.

What do you wanna do? You wanna go to isolation?