The Bay

Do you recognise this man?

No comment.

This was taken outside a club on Queen Street

on the evening of April 3rd.

- Do you recognise anybody? - No comment.

What about now?

No comment.

- You don't know who this is? - No comment.

What about the others? Who else was there, Jordan?

Who's this? Who's this?

I aren't a grass, am I?

I were there, all right.

And that's all I'm saying.

If I may, this footage clearly shows

my client was a victim of an assault,

not the perpetrator.

There were witnesses to the fight that night.

- What witnesses? - And I heard what you said.

And I quote, "You're fucking dead."

"You're a fucking dead man."

And then, lo and behold, a week later,

Saif Rahman turns up dead.

I had nothing to do with it.

We found this in your flat.

- So what? - You play a lot of baseball, do you?

We've sent it to the lab to see if it was used in the attack.

Do you have anything to say about that, Jordan?

This is bullshit.

An innocent young man's lost his life.

And I had nothing to do with it.

This wasn't just a beating, this wasn't just a kick in.

It wasn't me.

Whoever it was, they went armed with an offensive weapon.

Like a baseball bat, like the one found in your flat.

I didn't do it, all right?! But I aren't gonna cry over it

because he got what were coming to him.

He got what he deserved.

Get off.

Oh, sorry. Don't mind me.

Mum? Have you seen my computer charger?

- Move. - Hey!

Watch where you're going!

Where the hell is it?

- Right, where'd you last see it? - I don't know.

If I knew that, I'd look there, wouldn't I?

OK, look, why don't we all just have a look,

and I'm sure we'll find it.

Oh, the wanderer returns.

I forgot my bag.

In there.

Do you need a hand?

I'm all right.

Where is it?

If you'd just unpacked when I asked you to.

What if I didn't pack it, though? What if it's still in Manchester?

Well, then, we'll get you another one, it's not a big deal.

Ta-da!

- See. - There you go.

If you wait five minutes, I can drop you off.

- I'm all right, thanks. - Erin!

- Late night? - Yeah.

Ended up, er, in the pub with the lads from work.

It was a last minute thing.

Course, yeah.

Wow!

- Oh, it's beautiful. - Yeah, I suppose it is.

You stop noticing it after a while.

Hi. Is Mariam in?

Erm, she's not feeling too well.

- Can we come in? - Just for a minute.

I don't think she's up to seeing anybody.

What is it?

- Hi, Mariam. - Hi.

So, erm, the postmortem is going to take place this morning.

Obviously, we'll have to wait for the results, but...

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It's the best way to find out what happened to Saif.

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Don't you need the family's permission to do that?

Well, normally, yes.

But in cases like this where there's been a suspicious death,

the coroner's required by law to carry out a postmortem.

What, so we've got no say in the matter?

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Jamal's right.

- We don't agree to this. - Mariam...

The body has to be intact when it goes into the grave.

It's out of our hands, Jenn. It's the coroner's decision.

Yeah, but there are precedence for a body scan

rather than a full postmortem.

- Back in Manchester, we... - 'This isn't Manchester.'

We don't have resources like that at our fingertips.

We'll reach out to the community, we'll talk to the Imam.

We'll make sure everything's done the right way.

'But the reality is,

'a postmortem is the best way to make sure we get justice for Saif.

'You know, I'm sure the family will understand that.'

I'll talk to the family, but it's awkward,

given the sensitivities involved.

OK, erm, is there anything else?

- No. I... - 'All right.'

Talk to you later.

Hey! Dad. Have you got a minute?

Course, yeah, yeah.

Sorry, I tried calling, only...

Oh, shit.

Yeah, sorry, sorry, things have been a bit, erm...

Things are always a bit...

All right, look, er,

I'm running round like a blue-arsed fly.

Come on. We'll talk on the way.

It's just... the graduation.

It'd be nice if you were both there.

Yeah, well, that's up to your mum, though, isn't it?

No, not really.

Well... who else is gonna be there, Kieran?

- Dad! - Look...

I've-I've gotta run.

Course I'll be there, course I will.

Yeah?

Come on, don't be daft.

'Ey? I wouldn't miss it for the world.

Hm? Come here.

- Hm? - Yeah.

This is ridiculous.

We told you, we said we didn't want a postmortem.

- I know... I know. - Look... it's not our decision.

It's up to the coroner.

Oh, so you're only obeying orders, is that it?

He's our flesh and blood,

and we don't even get the right to bury him as we see fit.

- I'm so sorry. - Oh, she's sorry.

- Well, that's all right, then - Shazia...

- Oh, don't you start. - Please, I'm just saying...

Oh, are you gonna start playing the big man big man now, then? Go on.

Look... if this is the way it's got to be, it's the way it's got to be.

There's no point arguing, no point fighting it.

He's right.

You do whatever you have to do.

Jamal...

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'..to Lancaster is due to arrive on Platform 2...'

What's up wi' you? Face like a slapped arse.

It's a postmortem. What did you expect, a party hat?

How long do you reckon he was in the water?

If you're asking me to hypothesise,

I'd say six-eight hours.

Question is, though,

how long was he dead before he went in the water?

So he definitely was dead when he went in? He didn't drown?

No, cause of death was a suspected.

Head trauma, blunt force, multiple impacts.

- Any indication he was doing drugs? - Nothing obvious.

But we'll have to wait for the tox report to be sure.

- You all right? - Yeah, I'm fine. All good.

Anybody ever tell you you're a shit liar?

OK, listen up.

The postmortem on Saif Rahman was carried out this morning.

This is now a Cat A murder, guys.

Saif died as a result of a sustained beating,

head injuries, blunt force trauma.

- Can I see that, boss? - Yeah.

We do now have an approximate time the body went into the water.

Window of a couple of hours. So, with a bit of luck,

that'll help the coastguard narrow down where it went in.

Our main suspect remains Jordan Rooney.

We know he had history with Saif Rahman,

but he denies having anything to do with his death.

He also refuses to give us the names of any of the guys

that were with him that night at the club.

Obviously, we'll keep talking to him.

But the clock's ticking.

And given the fact that Rooney is a convicted drug dealer,

we need to consider the possibility

that drugs were a factor in Saif's death.

Maybe he owed money to the wrong people.

Well, we're waiting on the results of the tox report find out more.

In the meantime, Clarkie, I want you to follow up of the boxing club.

Boss. Oh, and I looked into Karl Eccles,

er, the lad that Saif was due to fight in Salford. Alibi checks out.

Turns out he was training in Manchester the night Saif died.

OK, thanks, Clarkie. Jenn and Karen, I need you to talk to the family.

Yeah? What do they know about Saif and drugs?

And one-two.

Yeah. And one over the top. One-two.

One-two. Yeah, tight.

Can I have a word?

Sure. Anything, anything to help.

You, er, said you worked closely with Saif Rahman.

Had you noticed any... changes in him recently?

- What kind of changes? - I dunno, was he anxious, angry?

Anything out of character?

No.

You may be better asking Warren.

Warren... saw more of Saif than I did.

He was doing the day-to-day stuff, you know?

Well, he was his trainer, he was training him up for the big fight.