Law & Order: UK

'In the criminal justice system,

'the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups.

'The police who investigate crime

'and the Crown Prosecutors who prosecute the offenders.

'These are their stories.'

Has Daddy's plane landed yet?

Uh... Not yet.

Is he staying for long? For a bit.

I wish he could stay for ever.

Me, too, sweetie. Me, too.

Max, oh, I'm so sorry.

Be careful with that. Pick it up. I'm sorry.

'I can't confirm casualties.

'I will need all back-up in the local area. Over.'

'Mind your backs! Coming through!'

Hello?

Boys! Boys!

Over here!

Hello, mate.

Keep looking at me. Just keep looking at me.

I need a paramedic and I need a paramedic now!

Can you... Can you tell me your name?

Max.

Max.

Max, I'm Sam, right?

Keep your eyes open. Keep your eyes open.

The doctor's on his way, OK?

I want my mummy.

I know.

I promise you, as soon as I can, I'll go and find your mum.

Just keep looking at me, alright, mate? Max.

I need a paramedic! I need a paramedic now!

NOW!

Max... Come on, mate.

Come on, mate.

Come on!

OK. I got it.

No.

It is carnage out there.

We've got hundreds injured. 12 dead.

No systolic.

13 dead.

Hello, hello, hello!

Look at you, "Detective Inspector" Leyton!

Heard you were covering for the Guv. How you doing, Wes?

I'm doing alright. How are you, Ron?

Shouldn't you be chasing patients round Dartmoor?

Not much they couldn't do without me.

What have we got, sir? This is a County Trains commuter.

5.15 from Portsmouth Harbour. Gets into Waterloo about seven, absolutely packed to the rafters.

Take it that driver's a gonner?

Strangely enough, wasn't even inside.

Yeah? Response ran the plates.

PNC'd them. It's definitely a ringer.

And it has over 100 speeding tickets dating back six months.

How did he get the car on the tracks?

Whoever was driving it crashed through an access gate half a mile back.

Somebody's got CCTV on it?

Rail company will send it over soon as they collate it themselves.

You know the drill. I need all the passengers ID'd and interviewed.

Already up and running.

Your partner gone wibble, has he? He looks a bit...

There was a young boy on the train. He tried to save him. Couldn't...

Make sure he attends debrief and gets some counselling. Absolutely.

Pint down the Red Lion after shift.

Double whisky chaser, no ice, and a packet of dry roasted!

How's that for a memory? Lots to catch up on. Yeah. More than you know, Wes.

It was just... on the tracks.

No signals, no warning? Nothing.

I slammed on the brakes the second I saw it, but it was too late.

I must have pushed it half a mile at least.

I thought I was never gonna see my kids again.

Well, you will, Mr King. Don't worry.

We'll get you warm. Get a cup of tea. We need a statement from you when you're up to it, OK?

Dave, do me a favour. Take care of Mr King for me.

Cheers. Thank you.

Right. False plates.

Restricted area. This is no accident, is it?

He'd have to know about the gate, and the timetable.

What are you saying? Disgruntled employee, or what?

You mean there's other jobs that suck?

Pete, what have you got?

Not much, I'm afraid.

But when we get this back to base, we can find the VIN, and see if he's left anything in it.

13 dead bodies in that tent and you've...

You've got nothing.

Just drove right through, look.

Do we know who was minding the shop?

Haleton Security. They've got the contract with County Trains.

Uniform are on to it, and they've got a list of all their employees.

When he crashes through the gate, why doesn't it trigger the alarm?

It did. By the time they'd radioed the train, it was too late. Why?

Why the slow response? It happened bang on shift change at Haleton. 6:30.

What, he crashed the train at 6:30 and collision with the train at 6:36?

Yeah. He's cutting it fine. How did he know when to time it?

Maybe you're right. This could be an employee of the rail company or the security firm.

Or some train spotter. Maybe he just did a bit of research beforehand.

Thing is, you can't tell who's in that truck from this, can you?

That's cos the cameras are set up to catch trespassers climbing over the fence.

Not cars smashing through it! What time was the site secured?

6:55. He had plenty of time to get on his toes, then.

We've got CCTV footage checking it now. See if he's escaped further down the line.

We've processed around 100. Another 120 to go.

What about the ones that went to hospital?

I've got officers talking to them, too.

So no-one saw anything suspicious?

No-one on the train saw anything.

One minute they're cruising along like every other morning, the next...

If anything comes up, call us straightaway.

Excuse me. Hello? Brooks.

We're up to 15 dead now.

16, if you count unborn babies.

Right. That's great. Thanks, Pete.

SOCO have found the VIN.

The car belonged to Michael Gennis.

Gennis. Why does that ring a bell?

Gennis put his wife in a coma, permanent brain damage.

He claimed self-defence. Hung jury. Three of them thought it reasonable

he'd defend himself against a five-foot-two woman!

Aren't CPS retrying the case?

Yes, thanks to Alesha Phillips. She pushed for the retrial.

She did an interview about the CPS having zero tolerance in cases of domestic violence.

She cited the retrial as an example.

Guess which train she takes every morning?

She wasn't on the train? Thankfully, no. She's been promoted and is now senior prosecutor CPS north-west.

But Gennis wouldn't know that. What else do we know about him?

Financial advisor, self-employed. He beats the shit out of his previous wife

and she gets scared, withdraws her statement. She emigrated to get away from him.

What a catch! Get a warrant. Spin his address.

If I knew what you were looking for, darling, maybe I'd help you.

You can start by sitting down till we're ready to take you in.

I'm not going to sit down. Why don't you tell me what this is about?

It's about the 15 people who died when your car caused a train crash this morning.

What are you talking about?

My car is outside, parked in its space, where I normally...

You've got to be kidding me. Obviously it's been nicked.

Obviously.

Sarge.

Hmm. Same train line.

Planning a trip? What?!

Michael Gennis, I'm arresting you on suspicion of 15 counts of murder.

You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention... Ow!

Anything you rely on in court.

I had a meeting booked in with a client down in Portsmouth.

I was going to take the train.

OK. Can you provide us with the client's details?

It was months ago. He cancelled.

I must have just held onto the timetable.

Look, this is nothing to do with me.

My car was stolen. But you didn't report it stolen.

I only found out this morning when you took my front door off, which you'd better be paying for.

When was the last time you saw your vehicle? Last night when I drove home, parked it and went inside.

How long have you been driving on false plates, Mr Gennis?

Hmm.

Alright, yes. I hold my hands up. I'm a speed freak.

Blame it on Jeremy Clarkson! Well, 103 speeding tickets have just caught up with you.

Right.

You, uh... You don't like playing by the rules, do you?

Exceeding speeding limits, and beating up women.

I think you'll find the jury found me innocent.

They couldn't decide, which is a bit different.

But that was all about to change, wasn't it?

I very much doubt it. The new trial date set for next month must have made you angry.

Know what I think you did? I've a feeling you're going to tell me!

You drove your car onto those tracks and watched that train hit it, killing 15 people.

What?! Wow! Is he on something, cos that's...

You wanted Alesha Phillips dead.

Alesha Phillips died in the crash?

Right. Well, every cloud, eh?

No, she didn't. Shall I tell you who did?

Oh, here we go. Oh, boy.

David Shelby died.

23.

Newly-wed.

Catherine Parkfield, 38. Mum of three.

Pregnant with a fourth. Her unborn baby doesn't count in the death toll list.

Sadly.

And Max Dale. He was seven years old.

He was on his way to meet his father, just back from a tour in Afghanistan.

You know, Gavin Dale will never see his son or his wife again!

Because you killed them! What's the matter with you?

Get out of here! He's meant to be a police officer! Get out now.

Get out!

DS Casey, get in here.

What the hell was that? That bastard killed 15 people. He could not give a toss!

Don't EVER behave like that in an interview again. Understand?

Maybe DI Chandler let you play bad cop but I will not have officers undermining prosecutions

with violence!

Count yourself lucky he didn't want a brief today, otherwise you'd be suspended. Get to your desk. Now!

Is he...

Guv?

Yeah? SOCO's got two sets of dabs off the steering wheel.

One belonged to Gennis, but the other matched somebody else not on the system.

Maybe he lent the car to a mate.

We'd better identify those prints, otherwise Gennis's brief will only bring it up in court.

Say someone else did it. Why don't we just ask him who was driving the car?

Another thing, Guv. It can't have been Gennis.

Unless he's got an invisibility cloak.

We've checked all the CCTV now.

Nobody went in or out of that crash site from the time the crash happened