Criminal Record

The summer she died.

It's hard...

hard to express.

You had to be there.

Do you know the difference between order and fucking chaos?

Five millimeters of glass.

Fuck off!

The width of a shop window. That's it.

That's all it is.

Move! Get back!

Well, they broke the glass that summer.

Night after night after night.

And your man Errol, he was up there with the best of them.

And then, three weeks after that...

neighbor makes a call.

There's a fight going on in one of the flats downstairs.

She's screaming.

It sounds like he's kicking the door in!

Right then. Look forward. Look at me.

Look at me. Look forward.

- Keep looking forward, looking at me. - Pat. Come on.

Hello, fire brigade. Stay perfectly still.

- Look at me. - Pat, wake up.

Wake up. Pat, wake up. Come on.

Pat!

You're scaring him. Come here.

So, you like him then, Lisa?

Lisa?

Yes. I love him.

Well, what do you think? Dad?

Dad?

Yeah, I'm-- Yeah, I'm looking at it now.

And?

It's good. It's really good, yeah.

But listen, we made a deal, right?

He's yours now. So, that means you have to walk him.

You have to feed him. And you are responsible for him. Right?

You know, it's okay to do nice things.

You know there's nothing wrong with that.

It's not bad.

Lisa?

You know, the thing about your mum.

That's all she wanted was for you to be happy.

When are you coming home from work?

Well, not long now.

That's what you said yesterday. And the day before.

Yeah, well, I'll be home soon, I promise. Soon.

Night night, Daddy.

Night night, sweetheart.

Errol Mathis, I'm arresting you on suspicion

of the murder of Adelaide Burrowes. You do not have to say anything.

But anything you do say, may be given in evidence against you.

Get off him! Off!

- Patty! - Get the cuffs on.

- Patty. - Calm down, love.

- Come on. - Mum!

I'm coming with ya.

Right behind you.

So, you've arrested the boyfriend.

Good. Okay.

PACE clock is ticking, yeah? We've got 24 hours.

We are right behind you, Dan.

And what does that mean? You know, "Right behind you"?

Why is this one any different?

Well, there's a certain amount of heat around this.

Heat? What kinda heat?

There is a desire to make an example of him.

I mean, we don't exactly look great in the light of recent events.

An example? 'Cause of the riots.

Well, think about it.

It was five nights of looting and burning and God knows how much criminal damage.

Christ.

So, why not reset the narrative?

That's the line.

String 'em up.

Turn 'em all into bad people. Is that the line?

- Is that what the message is here, yeah? - No.

I'm just-- I'm giving you the context.

Whatever you decide. That's all.

Hands and clothes covered in blood?

Yeah. Victim's blood all over him.

Well, that doesn't mean he stabbed her, does it?

He could have been holding her in his arms.

- Yeah, right. - Hey, hey. That's what they'll run with.

Here we go. In the car. Kid in the back.

And boom.

Any history of violence?

Yeah, neighbors called police, 2005. He was a teenager-- Didn't go anywhere.

- Can I see the report? - Yeah, of course.

Was a fight with his dad, but dad didn't want to press charges.

What about him and the victim? Or him and any other partner?

- Or the kid? What's-- - Patrick.

- Any history there? - No.

But he was in the bedroom, door locked, no sign of any key.

He must've heard it.

Poor kid must've heard the whole sodding floor show.

There's no family on her side?

No. She was raised in care and all that entails, no doubt.

- And we're sure he's not the father? - One hundred percent.

Patrick was a result of a... drunken fling, a one-off apparently.

Probably one of many.

Well, she clearly likes the Black lads.

Oh, come on. I'm not having a go.

I'm just saying that everybody's got a type, you know?

Except me, I'd fuck anything with a pulse.

Yeah, okay. Well, let's present them with the CCTV as evidence, okay?

In the meantime, I need testimony, witness statement

from the emergency caller putting Errol in that flat.

Let's trace, interview anyone seen exiting the flat.

Anyone in the local area with a history of violence.

I need DNA of anyone in the flat. "I need, I need, I need," I know,

but we go early, we get him on physical evidence.

- Unless he ponies up with a confession. - Maybe.

Boss, lo-- I'm sorry, but, like,

what is your problem here?

My problem? My problem, Tony, is this level of injury.

Bite marks? And that doesn't come out of thin air.

This guy doesn't so much as carry a knife.

- We don't know that. - We don't know that?

He's been stopped and searched nine times. Nine times.

Not once has he been carrying.

So, my problem--

My problem is, Tony, show me the facts.

Show me the history of violence.

All right? Happiness? Smashing.

So, before we get started, my client

has prepared a short statement he would like me to read.

"I'm ready to cooperate with your investigation

into the murder of my partner,

Adelaide Burrowes, on the 20th of September 2011.

But as a result of trauma following her death,

I have no memory of any event from the moment I entered my home address,

Flat 616 in the Manningham Flats,

to the moment I regained consciousness in hospital."

Okay, I take note of your comments.

Just as I note the outcome of your MRI,

which shows no evidence of physical head trauma.

You understand why you are here,

Mr. Mathis?

Your partner of five years, Adelaide Burrowes,

was found stabbed to death in your shared residence

of 616 Manningham Flats.

Mr. Mathis further submits that at the time Ms. Burrowes

is understood to have been killed, he was not present in the flat.

He was in fact looking for work.

For work?

So you do remember?

I remember before.

All right. So where was this?

VIP Cuts. It's a barber's.

Uh-huh, a barber's.

And did you see anyone?

Did you talk to anyone while you were there?

- Yes. - A man called "Mostapha Demir."

Mostapha Demir.

How did we not know about this?

Sir, I talked to Cardona before we went in.

He didn't say squat about any alibi.

Okay. Now, get over there both of you.

Chase down this Mostapha.

We won't let you down. Don't you worry, boss.

No. No, Kim. I want the facts.

Better to know now than be chasing our tail

- ten miles down the road, all right? - Yeah.

Sir, I have the deputy commissioner on the line.

He's called three times.

Dan, Commander Bloom. Excellent news about the arrest.

Just wanted to wish you luck.

As you know, we're garnering a lot of publicity, and--

Dad, where are you?

You said-- promised you'd talk to Marcella about the omelet.

Dan. Laurie again.

- Just to add, if you need anything by-- - The omelet?

Oh, the omelet, yes. Okay, right.

- Can you put Marcella on, will you? - Okay.

- Thanks, darling. - I'm calling for DCI Hegarty.

I'm from the PR department.

Look, regarding the wording of the--

- Marcella. - Yes, hello?

Yes. Look, I just wanted to say,

I thought I'd discussed this with you before, but...

- no tomatoes. - No tomatoes?

No. None at all.

Dan, it's me again.

Look, are we any closer to charging this guy?

Could you put Lisa back on, please? Thank you very much.

Hi, darling. Yeah, I've sorted it-- I've spoken to her.

When are you getting home?

Soon.

Sir, Mostapha Demir's in room 4.

Tony and Kim are asking,

do you want to interview or are you happy for them to crack on?

Yes.

Yes to interview, or yes to crack on?

Yes to crack on. Oh, Denise?

Get on to duty rotation at St. Luke's.

Who visited him in hospital?

For instance, his father. How long, how often.

Hegarty.

Hello. This is Julie from St. Luke's Hospital.