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.

How many weeks now? Three.

Or four, depending upon which midwife you talk to.

It's your first, isn't it? Yeah. Little boy.

Where you having him? College Hospital in town.

Well, a word of advice, son.

When they offer her drugs, say yes.

When we had Flavia, my wife wanted a birthing pool, whale music.

First contraction, her face turns red, her back arches,

she let out a howl I swear was not human.

Cheers, I'll remember that.

Talking about saying yes to drugs...

You OK there, sir? Yeah, I'm fine.

Do we think maybe there was an office party last night?

Well, if there was, this one's had enough time to sleep it off.

Sir, you need to move your car.

Cockadoodledoo, rise and shine!

Bloody hell!

Square mile. (SIRENS)

God, look at me. I'm still shaking.

Yeah, well, take it easy. You said you'd ID'd him?

Yeah, according to the licence in his wallet, Derek Strachan.

Not a robbery though, still had 80 quid in it.

Right. Did anyone see anything at all, you know?

Just the last of the party people, over there.

Fine. OK.

Mr Clive Cooke, here, missed the last tube home.

Right. Hello, Mr Cooke. Celebrating something, sir?

Yeah.

The firm had closed a big deal.

I was dancing on the desk one minute.

Next thing I know I'm waking up in the stationery cupboard

and everyone's gone home.

What time was that?

Sun was just coming up so...late.

Some would call it early, wouldn't they, sir? Detectives!

Just hang on for me though, please.

All right, Pete?

What you got? Looks like he had company.

Or a secret he only shared at weekends.

There's a blouse here as well, couple of buttons ripped off.

Maybe he got a bit rough, she didn't like it?

What, and then produced a gun? Beats pepperspray.

Wound size looks too small for a pistol. Maybe an airgun?

Maybe. However, a half-naked woman running through London

shouldn't take long to find.

You're not wrong. And in this weather...

..I hope he had warm hands.

Law and Order UK

Season 6, Episode 6 "Dawn till Dusk"

Her name's Louise Dawson. She claims this was her first date with Strachan.

Blimey. Hope she didn't want a second.

She ran to Smithfields Market cos she knew there'd be people there.

Imagine what a half-naked woman did for trade this morning. Just get her story.

I'm gonna try and contact Strachan's next of kin.

I'd seen him a few times, serving us drinks at Asia Fusion.

It's a bar near where I work. He seemed nice.

But not nice enough to take him home, eh?

I don't live alone.

What do you mean, Louise?

What? You have a dog?

I have a boyfriend.

We're both working through some issues.

Is your boyfriend the jealous type?

Not anymore.

What are you saying?

God, it wasn't him.

Have you any idea who it might have been?

No. Some bloke, just...shot Derek from across the road.

OK, Louise. Would you mind sitting with one of our officers?

He can help you put together an e-fit of the man who shot Derek.

It looks like Harry Hill. I'll ring his agent, have him arrested.

Excellent. Case closed. I'll tell Derek's family.

Ange, how you getting on?

Hundreds of CCTV cameras but they belong to

loads of different private businesses.

Getting it all is going to take all day.

It's one of the busiest parts of London

and no-one sees a man get shot in a car?

That time of the morning, Gov, place is deserted.

It means we're gonna have to get out there and pound some pavement.

Derek left about 2, 2:30.

Was he alone? Nah. He'd hooked up with this city chick.

And the manager's happy to let him just clock off when he wants, yeah?

Yeah, he knows how it works.

Look, there's a lot of rich, attractive, city girls round here

need to let off steam once in a while.

And you're quite happy to be the...pressure valve?

We all are. If one of us gets a hit, we cover for each other.

Look, I'm not travelling the world for the cultural experience.

It's just the wine, women and song, yeah?

Hey, don't judge me. At least I'm single.

Meaning what?

Derek. He's got a girlfriend.

Chloe. We found Derek in his car.

Must've been on his way home.

Yeah. He wasn't alone.

He wasn't cheating on me.

He wouldn't do that to me.

I think maybe sometimes,

it's possible that Derek wasn't completely honest with you.

I thought it was just a phase.

He didn't love any of them.

He loved me.

He would've stopped once we got engaged.

He would have.

Absolutely, I'm sure you're right.

Do you know of anyone who might want to hurt him?

Any enemies, you mean?

God, no. We hadn't been here long enough to make any friends.

Maybe Chloe Hinde is not as understanding as she lets on?

Girl gets taken advantage of like that,

I wouldn't like to be around when she snapped.

Always the quiet ones, eh?

In my experience.

Chloe's just hurt. Derek Strachan might have been young and stupid

but I don't think she'd have him shot.

All right. Who else is gonna be be knocking around the square mile

at that time in the morning?

I dunno. Late night office do, celebrating a big deal.

What about our man in the stationery cupboard?

Clive Cooke?

Yeah.

Maybe he wasn't the only one that missed the last tube home.

We'd just secured a deal that should see us through the next year.

I thought everyone deserved to let their hair down.

What time did you leave the party?

Just before four? I was in a cab at quarter past.

Company commercial PR work means sometimes living on a couple of hours sleep a night.

Do you use a regular cab rank?

There's one near Liverpool Street station. I walk there.

Did you see or hear anything unusual?

No, sorry, can't say I did.

Have you ever seen this man?

Not last night. But you have seen him?

Yes. He followed me a few weeks ago when I was heading home.

I thought he was a pervert so I confronted him.

Got ready to do some serious damage with a stiletto.

What did he do? Run a mile, I bet?

Yes, as a matter of fact, he did.

He jumped into a Mondeo and drove straight through a red light.

Clearly had no idea what he'd taken on.

No. Clearly not.

Thank you. Yes, thank you, Miss Hayes.

If you want to know anything else, detective, just call me.

She'd eat you for breakfast.

Yeah. I'd let her.

We must get Ange to add those traffic cameras on her list.

There's got to be thousands of Mondeos in London.

Hopefully one of them though, has just jumped a red light.

Lima one, Lima three. Disturbance at 21 Prospect Place.

Fifth floor. Prospect Place?

Lima one, Lima one, Lima three, respond.

Is that near here?

I tell you what, it's literally just round the corner there. Come on.

Excuse me? It's the Cavalry, love.

Oh, come on.

What floor was it?

I think she said the fifth.

I thought she said fifteenth. Oh, no, I think it was the fifth.

Stairs.

I hope to God I'm right.

Come on, Ronnie!

Fifth floor, it is. Thank God for that!

Oi. Oi!

Stop! Get back! Get back. Who the hell are you?

Get off me! Sir, step away and calm down.

We are police officers, I need you to calm down.

Hello, sir? Hello, sir, can you hear me?

Can you call an ambulance, please, love?

He's still breathing.

Why did he stab you, Mr...?

Roach. I'm Abraham Roach and he's he's my brother, Karl.

Your brother stabbed you?

Yeah. So I hit him with the nearest thing I could get my hands on.

Which was what?

That paperweight, there.

OK. Well, once that's stitched,

you're gonna have to come down the station and make a statement.

I was just defending myself.

How is he? Your brother's on his way to St John's.

He's critical but stable. OK. Tommy, sorry to ask:

you happy to be the Officer In Charge for me here please?

Just this once, Ron.

Email your witness statements and I'll take it from there.

Thanks, Tommy, I appreciate that. I owe you one.

It's just that I've got to be clocked out by six o'clock at the latest.

Oh, yeah? Have a date, do we?

I do indeed. With a leather chair in the director's box at Upton Park.

How'd you swing that? Friends who know friends, you know.

More to the point, why'd you swing that?

See, that's totally unnecessary, isn't it?

You boys leave a City DC to mop up a job this morning?

Yeah, why? Just a family argument, went a bit wonky.

They're pushing for it to come over here and you have to investigate.

If I leave this paperwork any longer,