Suspects

"Reports are coming in of another shooting

in East London, this time in broad daylight.

It comes just days after the drive-by shooting of 19-year-old

Victoria Summers, who remains in a critical condition in hospital."

The victim is 43-year-old Rev Daniel Matthews. He was shot in the arm,

there's quite a lot of blood. He's gone to hospital in the ambulance.

- Rev Matthews? Really? - Yeah.

The guy's a hero around here. The community love this guy.

He's taken all these kids off the street, given them a second chance.

- Someone doesn't love him. - So, what's happening?

I thought it was a gangland. Fuckin' reverend's been shot.

- For real? - Yeah.

Oh, Jesus, that's all I need.

So we've got no CCTV inside and no CCTV on the outside.

That's a deliberate move by the reverend to develop a sense of trust between the boys.

Some of these kids have had brushes with the police at seven or eight.

Yeah. Maybe his "hug a hoodie" approach has bitten him on the arse this time.

- Hey. - One of the guys said that

just before the reverend got shot,

he saw a white female come in and ask the reverend to go outside.

- They say her name's Kelly Pearce. - That's interesting.

Maybe someone else sent her in to pull him outside, you know?

Apparently she's going out with the reverend's son, Aaron.

- I mean if she did, it'd be... - What's the son called?

- Aaron, yeah. - OK.

- Aaron Matthews? - Yeah.

Hi. DC Charlotte Steele.

- I'm one of the officers investigating... - Sorry.

Is my dad going to be OK? How is he?

He's... fine. I just went and spoke to a doctor.

I was told he was hit in the fleshy part of arm,

so there's a lot of blood, but it could've been...

- I'm sorry. - And it could've been much, much worse.

He's in surgery now, they'll patch him up and he should make a pretty swift recovery.

Your girlfriend Kelly was at the boxing club this morning. Why was that?

I drove Kelly there this morning.

She wanted to speak to my dad, I don't know what about.

You'd driven her?

I parked round the back and waited for her to come out.

- She was only gone a couple of minutes. - You didn't go inside?

- No. - OK.

Reverend Daniel Matthews, founder of Kirkley Way Boxing Gym...

where he was shot this morning. This is the alleyway leading off the front door.

Front door where the shooting took place. Timeline wise,

the boxers take a break on the dot every morning at 11:30am.

They said just as they broke,

they saw Kelly Pearce arrive to talk to Daniel.

And then local residents said they heard a gunshot at 11:40,

- so we've got a ten-minute cut-off. - Ten-minute window for Kelly Pearce,

if she did it to shoot our reverend.

So Kelly went in, had a chat with your dad about something, you don't know what,

- then she came back... - Yeah, she came back

after about five minutes, then we went for a drive.

- Where did you go? - Um, I pulled up by the canal.

- OK. - She was in a bit of a funny mood,

so she said she needed to clear her head.

- So she went for a walk down the canal. - What does "funny mood" mean?

Um... Well, you know, just kind of argumentative.

She gets a bit that way sometimes.

Just a little bit, you know, I don't know, in a funny mood.

- OK. Do you know where she is now? - No, I haven't heard from her since.

Police! Open up.

How are you doing? I'm DS Jack Weston. Who am I talking to?

Alma.

- Alma what? - Alma Pearce.

- Are you Kelly Pearce's mother? - Yes.

- Yes. Is Kelly at home? - I don't think so.

I've got a warrant to search your home. We're looking for a firearm. Step aside.

Anyone else in the house I need to know about?

My son.

Yeah. Sit down. Can I get you a glass of water or anything?

- Are you on any medication? - No, just diazepam.

OK, how many have you taken? Do I need to get you an ambulance?

- No. - Are you sure?

- Yes. - OK.

OK, just have a very quick read of this so you understand what's happening.

- Anything? - Nothing, sir.

- No? - I'll check upstairs.

Hi, Sammy. Sammy, I'm looking for your sister Kelly.

Do you have any idea where she is?

Sammy, can you answer me?

Just say yes or no.

Have you any idea where you sister Kelly is?

No.

Kelly Pearce's flat, clean as a whistle.

SOCOs have found a shell casing from inside the boxing club.

We should be able to figure out, looking at the shell casing,

whether the firearm used to shoot

Rev Daniel Matthews was used in any other crime.

I fed Daniel's address into the computer.

There was a report of a disturbance earlier at the vicarage.

A neighbour rang in and said a young man was kicking the door and shouting,

there was a bit of back and forth between him and the reverend.

She took the car registration... and it is registered to...

- Joseph Brookes. - A local gang member,

a series of drug convictions...

and also a main suspect for the Victoria Summers drive-by shooting two days ago.

When we spoke to Rev Matthews last week,

as just someone who was in the vicinity of the drive-by shooting,

he said he didn't see anything,

he didn't know anything about it, now this man, our prime suspect,

turns up banging and shouting outside his door.

Exactly. So, let's deal with something concrete.

Let's pull him in on a Public Order Offence, OK?

So, at 10:30 this morning, Joseph, you were seen banging on the door of

the vicarage where the Rev Matthews lives. Why were you there?

My friend lives there, innit? I was looking for Aaron.

The way I play it, you were having an argument with the reverend.

- Argument? - Yeah.

Pfft, tell me where you got that from?

As far as a domestic disturbance, that's a pretty big barney.

That's... bullshit.

I was there, not for Aaron, he wasn't in,

I had a word with the dad, innit? It's nothing major.

- Do you get on with his dad? - Yeah, his dad's a cool guy.

Come on. He taught me my right hook and everything.

- I've got a good right hook, you know? - Huh, sure you do.

Thank you. Rev Matthews?

- Hello, I'm Martha Bellamy, - Yes.

Detective Inspector.

We met some years ago. Are you all right to shake hands?

- I am. - You're OK with that hand?

- Oh dear, how are feeling? - I'm fine, given the circumstances.

I want to run through a couple of things, if that's OK?

- Aaron, can you just give us a minute? - Sure.

This is your boy?

- Son Aaron. - OK.

Are you gonna talk me through what happened?

Er, yes.

We were training this morning.

It was a normal training session, we broke at around 11:30.

Um, Kelly, one of the younger boxers, came in to speak to me.

- Kelly? Kelly who? - Kelly Pearce.

OK.

She came in to speak to me.

Basically she came to tell me she no longer wanted to train.

She's actually been spending a lot of time with Aaron,

but I told her I was disappointed, she's quite a good prospect,

so we had a conversation. She left.

I stayed outside to have a cigarette before going back in.

And I hear a car coming past, driving faster than normal,

enough to make me turn round. The next thing I know,

I hear a bang... or I felt a bang.

I came round, I was lying on the floor, I'd been shot.

Right. And how long after Kelly left did this happen?

About 15 minutes.

- Might she have shot you? - No.

Not under any circumstances, no. I don't think it was Kelly.

OK.

I believe this morning, cast your mind back, at the vicarage,

I believe that there was a visitor, Joseph Brookes?

It's just that I was led to believe there was a row,

some kind of disturbance was reported?

We did have a conversation, it was about his car.

He's got a very noisy car. Some of the neighbours had complained about it.

I just asked him to be mindful when he was driving around the area.

Joseph Brookes is tucked up safe and sound at the station.

Right.

- Do you understand what I'm saying? - Absolutely I do,

but unfortunately there's nothing I can tell you about him.

- How did it go? - Er, well, he was polite but vague.

- Yeah? - He claimed it's a drive-by.

Really?

I just had Forensics on the phone.

They said they can't find any tyre marks anywhere on the road. OK?

Plus the fact that shell casing was found just outside the front door of the club.

It's not as if it was found, like, in the middle of the road.

So it seems maybe the reverend was shot at a much closer range

than he's letting on... or can remember.

Maybe he's memory's gone, or maybe he's lying?

Yeah. He's also somewhat reticent

to talk about the conversation... slash... row that he had with...

Come in. ...with Joseph Brookes, too.

Kelly Pearce has just walked in. She's downstairs.

Oh, I wish they'd all just walk in.

- Right, well, let's show the facilities. - Excellent.

Kelly, why did you go and visit the reverend

- only this morning? - I was angry at him.

A straightforward question. Did you shoot Reverend Matthews?

What?

Did you shoot the reverend?

I've come here to make a statement about him, to put him in prison.

He raped my brother.

- That's a very serious allegation, Kelly. - Yes.

My brother wouldn't lie.

That's quite an allegation. And if it's true, it is certainly a motive

for someone like Kelly to shoot the reverend.

Yeah, but if Aaron and Kelly's statement are to be believed,

then Kelly has an alibi,

- right, at the time of the shooting? - Yeah.

Belt and braces, you update Jack and get onto the Child Protection team.

I want that kid to have a full exam. OK?

And what did the reverend say in response to the allegation?

What do you think he fucking said?

I've no idea.

"No, I didn't do it. What are you talking about?"

It was the usual thing that people respond to

- when they're being accused of something. - Tell me exactly what you said to him.

I was really angry at him. I started shouting,

and I said to him that I know what you did