05x01 - The World Cruise 1

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Silent Witness". Aired: 21 February 1996 – present.*
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05x01 - The World Cruise 1

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[crowd shouting and jeering]

- I have to admit
to a selfish motive

in inviting Professor
Newman here.

As a doctor, I'm
intrigued to know

whether I'll still have
a job in 10 years’ time,

or whether there's a chance
of the recent developments

in biotechnology,
specifically gene therapy,

will mean that whole areas
of medicine and pathology,

as we know them,
will cease to exist.

[shouting]

Professor Newman will
be giving two lectures

to this university, explaining
the scientific research

behind the many recent
developments in this field.

And we welcome him here today.

Professor Newman.

[applause]

- Good morning,
ladies and gentlemen.

- I gotta go, Gary.

Gary?

Forget it, I'll walk.

[door closing]

- Now, we all carry five to


Though we ourselves may
not be affected by illness,

should our partners carry a
corresponding genetic error,

our children may be.

[somber music]

[door closing]

But currently, we're
attempting to replace

this flawed gene in the
lung cells of sufferers,

by placing a normal
gene in the virus,

which is then
inhaled by the patient.

[somber music]

I don't think any reasonable,
compassionate person

would disagree
with this research.

This is somatic gene therapy.

Trying to help a person
who already has the illness.

But what if we could prevent
the illness in the first place?

Isn't prevention
better than cure?

Think of it.

We could eradicate
hereditary disease completely.

But this would entail
germ line therapy.

Germ line gene
transfer would affect

the reproductive cells,
that is, sperm and eggs.

But of course, the
regulations do not permit

germ line therapy, at present.

[vacuum cleaner droning]

[shouting]

This is where, if I
were a brave man,

I'd invite our chanting,
banner-waving friends in,

and ask them a simple
question: do they still want

to see children suffer
diseases like this?

Or would they prefer
us to eradicate them?

Thank you.

[applause]

[chanting and shouting]

[somber music]

[cat meowing]

[somber music]

- [Blonde Woman] Jake?

Henry?

[gagging]

[Silencium-John Harle]

- They kept themselves
very much to themselves.

- Right, they didn't
even say good morning,

or ask you how you were.

- They were very
private sort of people.

You'd see them in the local
shop now and then, but sometimes

you wouldn't see them
for weeks on end, really.

- Thank you

- Hello, I'm DCI Ranjeet Navar.

- How do you do?

- They're in here.

- They're brothers,
lived here over 30 years.

Any idea how long
they've been dead?

- [Ryan] About four days.

- You can tell that
just from looking?

- No, from the
state of the milk.

- [Navar] Cause of death?

- No visible marks or injuries.

Could be anything.

- I think we can
rule out brutal att*ck.

- No signs of a forced entry.

- Do we know if
anything's missing?

- A bit early to tell yet, sir.

- Who found them?

- [Navar] The cleaner.

- [Moorhouse] Nicola
James, comes once a week.

- Jake and Henry Davies,

they have a tiny shop
on the high street.

- Get down there
and see what's what.

- Where's the cleaner.

- [Moorhouse] Neighbors'.

- Do you mind if I have a word?

- Be my guest.

- Don't touch anything
til I've finished in here.

You're new to AMIP, aren't you?

- Been with them
for about a month.

- You enjoying it?

- I don't know yet.

People always
mistrust a new face

until you've proved yourself.

You're the chair of
forensic medicine

at London Uni, aren't you?

- Yeah, that's right.

- That's where I went.

- What did you read?

- Geography.

- And you became a policeman?

- Yeah.

- What happened?

- Have you ever
studied geography?

[laughing]

Hello.

It's Nicola, isn't it?

I'm DCI Navar, and
this is Professor Ryan.

She's helping us work
out what happened,

and she'd like to ask
you a few questions now.

Is that okay?

- You clean for the brothers
once a week on a Thursday?

- That's right.

- When you found them,
did you touch anything

or disturb anything?

How well did you know them?

- Not very.

I just came in and cleaned.

- When you came last
week, did you see them?

- No, I haven't seen
them for weeks.

I have my own key
and I let myself in.

- And how were they the
last time you saw them?

- [Nicola] How do you mean?

- Oh, were they well, was there
anything getting them down?

- Not that I know of.

I don't think they'd tell
me, even if there was.

- Did they take any medication?

- I can't say.

There was some pills in
the bathroom cupboard,

but I don't know
what they're for.

- Thanks.

- Anything?

- Just painkillers,
indigestion tablets.

Some prescribed
blood pressure tablets.

- [Navar] Could they
have anything to do with it?

- Doubt it.

Same as the bathroom.

- Anyone else been upstairs yet?

- Yes, but nothing's
been touched.

And the neighbor across
the road rang the local Mick

a couple of days ago, she was
worried she hadn't seen them.

- [Navar] And?

- [Moorhouse]
Woodentop came around,

couldn't see anything
unusual, so he left it.

- [Navar] Brilliant.

Anything else?

- Not yet; plenty of
people still to see.

Seems the old boys
were pretty popular.

- Popular?

This place is like a mausoleum.

Weird.

- They gave a lot
to local charities.

Last year they
coughed up the money

to send a kid to
America for an operation.

- Okay, I'm through here.

There's nothing else I can do.

- Okay, if everyone's happy,
let's remove the bodies.

[somber music]

[distant muttering]

- I'll be about 10
minutes, okay?

- [News Anchor] Stopping
Professor Robert Newman's

lecture tour today.

As the professor
arrived at the university,

he was jostled by
protesters incensed with

his controversial stance
on super-race genetics.

[angry chanting]

- The shop's been there as
long as anyone can remember.

The guy and the news
agents across the road

thought they must
have gone on holiday.

- When was the last
time they saw them?

- When they closed up
for the weekend, Saturday.

- They didn't think
to check it out?

- All he's bothered
about is making pennies

and haypennies
on papers and fags.

You know what
these Asians are like.

- Yeah, tell me about it.

[door banging]

- I hung up my coat and
got my cleaning things.

It's what I always do.

- You didn't go upstairs then?

- No, I always do
downstairs first.

- So you don't know
anything about a mattress

that had been stood on its side?

- Mattress?

- [Officer] On its side.

- Um, I...

- [Officer] It was
in the bedroom

at the top of the
stairs, Nicola.

- We've still no motive for
m*rder, no m*rder w*apon,

and the place was locked up.

- Nothing missing?

- In a chest of drawers
hidden under a few shirts

was just sort of 23 grand,
in cash, totally untouched.

I'm still heading
for a su1c1de pact.

- Oh, really?

- If you're keeping
something from us, Nicola,

it'd be best to tell us now.

Get it over with, eh?

- [Officer] Do you
live here alone?

- Yeah.

- [Officer] So, who
reads the girly mags?

Not gonna tell
me you're getting it

for the articles, are you?

- We can search the
place, if you want us to.

Get some more proof.

- [Nicola] Belongs
to my boyfriend.

- And what's his name?

- Gary Lomax.

- [Moorhouse] And
he lives here, does he?

Why didn't you say?

- I don't know.

- No visible sign
of any facial injury.

And nothing to the rest
of the head and the neck.

There's a small area
of localized bruising

on the front-left
side of the chest.

With what appears to
be a puncture wound

which has caused some
bleeding into the soft tissues.

Puncturing could have
been caused by a needle,

consistent in size with
a hypodermic syringe.

The right wrist is
thinner than the left.

There's a loss of muscle
mass and some deformity.

Also signs of a recent fracture.

We need an X-ray
to get a better idea.

This is interesting.

- [Navar] What?

- The right wrist shows
signs of linear indentation.

And superficial abrasions
consistent with ligature marks.

- What could have caused that?

- Possibly a rope, or
something with a similar,

roughened surface.

The left wrist is the same.

Let's take a look
at body number two

and see if we've
got a matching pair.

- Do you own a blue Ford Escort,

registration number G-777-JDW?

- Yes.

- [Moorhouse] You
use it to go to work?

- No, I can't drive.

I bought the car
to learn to drive,

but I haven't
passed my test yet.

So Gary uses it.

- He drive you to
work then, does he?

- Yes.

- How come he didn't
drive you yesterday?

- He was busy.

- Too busy to drive
you in your car?

- Yeah.

- And is Thursday the only
day you work for the brothers?

- That's right.

- How come the car was
seen there last Monday?

- Yes, there's a similar
puncture wound on the chest.

And the same possible
rope burns on both wrists.

- Are you saying
they were tied up?

- That's what it looks like.

Whether that
happened before or after

they were injected in
the chest, I don't know.

- This is all a bit
elaborate, isn't it?

Injections in the chest?

- The injection may
have punctured the heart,

but I won't be able to
tell that until I've done

an internal examination
on the organs.

- Could it have
been a thin Kn*fe?

No, I don't think so.

Your su1c1de theory is
looking less and less likely.

Body one.

There's a skin
graft on the left arm.

Can I have the measure, please?

Thank you

It's approximately three
centimeters by two centimeters.

And the same on body two.

It's in a similar
position, a similar size.

We need to get photographs

of these as soon
as possible, please.

- Nobody's accusing
you of anything, Nicola.

But someone went upstairs
and moved that mattress.

- Not me.

- And we wanna know
what your boyfriend was

doing at the house on Monday.

- I don't know.

- I been in this bloody
job too long, girl.

I can smell a liar at 50 paces.

I want the truth
and I want it now.

- What about time of death?

- Because of the putrefaction
of the right iliac fossa...

- [Navar] What's that?

- It's that green
discoloration on the body.

They're probably dead
for about two, three days.

I'll get a forensic
entomologist in.

They'll be able to work it
out from the development

of the maggot pupae cycle.

There were eggs found in
the eye and nasal orifices.

- But the injections
in the chest

are the likely cause
of death, yeah?

- I don't know.

We have to wait for
toxicology to get back.

- Could they have
injected each other?

- Death was rapid.

It's like they both
had a heart att*ck.

- At the same time?

- [Ryan] Exactly.

- Which means what?

- That it wasn't
a freak of nature.

- Yeah, yeah, fine, thanks.

You'll be pleased
to know we have

both motive and opportunity.

My DS has just been
interviewing the cleaner,

Nicola James, and the two
brothers were cash hoarders.

Seems they didn't
believe in banks.

She reckons they had about


- And it's gone?

- [Navar] It's gone alright,
and we think we know where to.

- Not Nicola.

- Her boyfriend.

She told him about the money.

[clanging]

- Stop, police!

[shouting]

[shouting]

Gary, Gary, please!

- Get off me, get off me!

- [Moorhouse] Just calm down!

- Okay, okay.

Okay.

- A neighbor saw his car
outside the Davies's on Monday.

When did you say about the milk?

Four days?

- I wasn't serious about that.

- The neighbor didn't
think anything of it until now.

He often dropped Nicola off.

Then the neighbor realized

that Nicola only
worked Thursdays.

- [Gary] It's true.

- You would say
that, wouldn't you?

[Gary] I swear it.

Get real, Gary, we
know you were there.

We have a witness who saw you.

The money was found
in your possession,

so let's stop messing about, eh?

You arrived at the house
on the Monday, then what?

How'd you get in?

- I used Nicola's key.

- Once you were in the
house, what did you do?

- [Gary] Went upstairs.

- Ignoring the fact the
brothers were there?

- I didn't know they were.

- You didn't know Monday
was their day off from the shop?

- No.

- Come off it, Gary.

That's why you chose Monday.

So you could find out
where they hid their cash.

- No, because I already
knew where they hid it.

Nick told me.

I just ran upstairs and got it.

- Was that before or
after you tortured them?

- I didn't t*rture no one.

- Gary, you wanted to find
out where they hid the rest,

but they wouldn't
tell you, would they?

- That was five years ago.

He'd been doused with petrol.

We can do it better now.

- Looks pretty good to me.

- Peter Lake.

- Hi.

- You have some photographs?

- Yes, I do.

- Grafts on a dead body?

- Bodies.

- I don't do much
work on corpses.

- They're on the left arms
of two elderly brothers,

about the same size
in the same location.

I think they're maybe
covering up some sort of scar

or burn or teenage pact, maybe.

- Maybe.

- If I was gonna remove them,

would I destroy
what's underneath?

- Normally I'd say there
wouldn't be anything to destroy,

but these might be different.

- Why?

- They're not new, and
they're not very good.

Do you know where
they were done?

- [Ryan] No, I don't.

- I'd be surprised
if they were done

in this country during
the last 50 years.

Are they Jewish?

- [Ryan] They were
both circumcised.

- There's a good
chance the grafts

are hiding concentration
camp tattoos.

You know, a number
on the forearm.

- I'll check it out.

- The lack of
craftsmanship could be

the result of some
back-street surgery.

Post-w*r eastern
Europe, possibly.

- [Officer] Pretty cool
customer, aren't you Gary?

You break into a house,
find two dead people,

and just carry on and rob them.

- I didn't know they was dead.

- When two people
are not breathing,

it normally means they're dead.

- Look, I went
upstairs first; I told you.

- So you took the cash from
under the mattress, then what?

- Then I come downstairs
and have a look around.

- Why didn't you just leave?

- Sorry, what?

- Why didn't you just leave?

- I thought there might be
something else worth having.

- Go on.

- Then I went into the kitchen.

You know, and there they were.

- [Officer] Where you left them.

- No.

No, I nearly had a heart
att*ck myself when I found them.

- How did you stop
them calling out, Gary?

- I didn't.

I told you.

- Come on, Gary, be sensible.

Why don't you cough to
the lot, get it over with?

- Because I didn't k*ll 'em.

[somber music]

- Can I have a photograph
of this, please, Roger?

- Miss Heywood?

[child crying]

Dr. Horowitz?

Dr. Horowitz, please?

Doctor's ready for you.

- Just been checking
that general registry girl.

There was an as*ault
a few months ago.

- What kind of an as*ault?

- It was at the brother's shop.

An argument over a payment.

Jack Davies had his arm broken.

- Anybody charged?

- Carl Martin, ABH.

- What did he get?

- 500 pounds and
a year's probation.

- [Navar] Better check him out.

- Sir, I've just had a Josef
Horowitz on the blower,

says he was with the Davies
brothers on the Sunday.

I'm off to take a statement now.

- Do we know anything about him?

- No, but by the sounds
of him, I'd better be quick.

You'll have pegged it
by the time I get there.

- At its most basic,

death can be regarded
as natural or unnatural.

- But never supernatural.

- [Man's Voice] Not
in my experience.

- Not in Douglas's, either.

- If it's unnatural, it's
not hard to figure out

what role the forensic
pathologist plays.

- To have to provide
medical evidence

to say how the person d*ed.

- [Ryan] You assist
in finding evidence.

- That's what I meant,
and at the same time,

you're trying to
work out whether

it was an accident, or m*rder.

- Or su1c1de.

- [Ryan] That's right.

- What about a situation
where someone dies,

as a result of having their
genes altered before birth?

- Here we go.

- What?

- Well, no prizes for guessing

who was at Professor
Newman's lecture.

- Not me, I was outside.

- At the front, with the banner.

- [Douglas] What's
wrong with that?

- Nothing, only you
missed a good lecture.

- I went to the lecture.

The man is talking
about preventing death.

- Yeah, but what if
we make mistakes?

Just one small
error and generations

of people could be affected.

We're stumbling
around in the dark.

- Every step forward
comes with risk.

- So who decides what
degree of risk is acceptable?

- Medical establishment.

- [Douglas] Society.

- Absolutely; it's society's
choice, but as scientists,

aren't we supposed to lay
all the facts before them?

- [Female Student] Yeah.

- And what if we don't
know them, ourselves?

- I do.

- But if you weren't
there to hear the lecture,

how can you understand
what's being advocated?

- I've read about his ideas.

- [Male Student] Where?

- Papers and journals.

- What I'm trying
to say, Douglas,

is if you stand
outside a lecture

having the odd
scuffle with police,

you're not actually going to
understand what's being said,

fun though it may be.

- Mr. Carl Martin?

PC Armstrong, we'd like
to ask you a few questions,

if that's alright, sir?

- What about?

- Shall we go inside?

- No, you can ask me here.

Jan, take the kids in.

So, what'd you wanna ask?

- We'd be better inside.

- Alright, forget it.

- [Armstrong] We'd like to know
where you were last Monday.

- Why?

- If you could just tell
me where you were?

- [Martin] No, not until
you tell me why, first.

- We could always do
this at the police station.

- Look, he was with me, alright?

- [Armstrong] All day?

- Yeah, all day.

We had lunch, we went shopping,

picked the kids up from school,

and then spent the
night watching telly.

Was there anything
else you need to know?

- You're talking about
the Nuremberg code.

- And what else?

Toby?

- The Declaration of Helsinki.

- That's right; tell
me about them.

- They're international
guidelines.

- Which protect people
involved in biomedical research.

- There's also the
ones developed by

the Medical Research
Council and the BMA.

- And the Medical
Royal Colleges.

- That's the same thing.

- [Toby] No it's not.

- It says the same thing.

- Which is?

- Ah, about patient's
autonomy and informed consent

before trials,
that sort of thing.

- What if someone
didn't obtain consent?

- Oh, you tell me.

- Well, if you were wrong, then
you'd have a major problem.

You'll be had up and done.

- Yeah, but if they die,

your role as a pathologist
would remain the same.

- But none of this really
safeguards the people

who need safeguarding.

- Why not?

- Well, if you wanna do
experiments on humans,

then you just prey on the weak.

I could go out on the
street now and I could find

a busload of people who would
sign anything for a few quid.

- You'd still have to prove
that they were mentally capable

of making a decision.

- How are you gonna
do that if they're dead?

[laughing]

- Isn't this all
getting a bit fanciful?

- I don't think so.

Do you seriously think
that Professor Newman,

given the opportunity,
wouldn't work on humans?

- Only in the accepted way.

- Oh, come on, think about it.

There's thousands of people
wandering around out there

who could disappear today and
nobody would know they'd gone.

What's to stop him
using those people?

- A conscience?

Well, I think that's
about it for today.

See you in a month.

- There goes my
honors in pathology.

- Douglas?

I'm really not that
narrow-minded.

A student's job is to question,
disturb the status quo.

And you do it as
well as anybody.

- Do you remember
what time you arrived

at the house, Dr. Horowitz?

- I'm not quite sure.

- But it was Sunday, wasn't it?

- Yes, that's right, Sunday.

- He'd have got there
around about two.

- That's right, yes, two.

- And how long were you there?

- [Horowitz] Oh, I'd say a
couple of hours at the most.

I think.

- And the Davies brothers
were friends of yours?

- Yes.

- [Moorhouse] Known
them a long time?

- Oh, a very long time.

I lost touch with
them for a while.

- [Mrs. Horowitz] He'd only
recently met up with them again.

- Did you visit them
as well, Mrs. Horowitz?

- No, no, I didn't
really know them at all.

- So basically, you
arrived about two-ish?

- [Horowitz] Yes.

- And you were on the
road again about four.

[stammering]

- Well, it can't
have been any later.

He was back here before six.

- That's right.

- And how were they
when you left them?

- Well, they
seemed to be better.

- [Moorhouse] Better?

- Well, they'd had this
bit of trouble at the shop.

- The as*ault.

- Yes, Jake ended
up in hospital.

It was a bit of a mess,
really, and then they started

having these
late-night visitations.

- [Moorhouse] How do you mean?

- People shouting
through the letter box.

Throwing things at the house.

- What type of things?

- Eggs, anything
that causes a mess.

When you start to get on a bit,

things like that can
be very upsetting.

- Of course.

Thank you for getting in touch.

It's been very useful.

If you think of anything
else, please give us a ring.

- This man they've
arrested, ah, who is he?

- [Moorhouse] I'm
afraid I can't tell you.

At the moment, he's
helping us with our inquiries.

He hasn't been
charged with anything.

- Oh, do you think he will be?

- [Moorhouse] I
really can't say.

Thanks again.

- Death in both cases
was caused by an injection

of modified glycol,
directly into the heart.

- Glycol, what's glycol?

- It's a type of alcohol,

but he'd added some
other substances.

They're still trying to
work out what they are.

- Which means
we're none the wiser.

Where the hell would
you get glycol from?

- Well, you wouldn't
carry it around with you.

It gave the impression of a
sudden, massive heart att*ck.

The bruising to the chest
was caused by the injection.

- Cliff, get on the blower.

I want teams down to
the Davies's and Lomax's.

We're looking for
modified glycol.

- You say he worked in a school?

- [Armstrong] Yeah.

- Try the chemistry lab.

- Check that out, as well.

- [Ryan] See if you can
find some temazepam.

- Temazepam?

- They both had enough
to knock them out.

- Are you saying Lomax
drugged them first?

- Well, somebody did.

- Temazepam.

Sounds like a junky to me.

- If you could find temazepam
on a syringe at Lomax's

with traces of glycol, then
you might be onto a winner.

- Should I make that call, gov?

- So, what we're looking
at is a man who arrives

with temazepam and
a needle full of glycol.

He persuades the brothers
to have a drink with him,

into which he has
placed the temazepam.

He then ties them up.

- Yes, a possible scenario,

but why would he
go to all that trouble?

- To make them tell him
where the rest of the cash was.

- [Ryan] And then he
injects them in the heart?

- Well, he had no choice;
they knew who he was.

- He could've achieved the same

with something a lot simpler.

- He'll have read
about it somewhere,

got it off the internet,
something like that.

- Yeah, maybe.

- You're not convinced.

- No, but it's you who
has to go with it, not me.

- [Man On Radio]
According to reports I've read,

Professor Newman,
you're pursuing

germ line research on animals.

- [Newman] Yes, that's right.

- [Man On Radio]
For what purpose?

- Could you turn
that up, please?

- [Newman] Research is being
carried out on mice that have

been genetically altered
to mimic human conditions.

We take a mouse embryo,
manipulate the genes, replace it

in the mother, and see if
a healthy mouse is born.

- [Man On Radio] Sounds
very unpleasant for the mouse.

- [Newman] I presume
you would prefer

that to us experimenting
on humans.

- There are objections to bail.

First, the severity of
the charge, and second,

bearing in mind the only
sentence that can be imposed

for such a crime, it is
feared that the defendant

would fail to answer
if he was granted bail.

He has no community
or family ties.

- Gary Lomax, your case is
adjourned until the 24th of July.

You'll be remanded in
custody until that date.

The grounds for
refusing bail are due

to the seriousness
of the charge.

[dark music]

- Excuse me?

You came and took
a statement from me.

- [Armstrong] That's
right, Mr. Horowitz.

- Yes, about the man
that's just been remanded,

are you sure he did it?

- That'll be for the
jury to decide, sir.

- But I think you may
have the wrong man.

- Do you have some
more information for us?

- No, you don't
understand; he didn't do it.

- Mr. Horowitz, if you
have any information,

I'd be happy to send a man round

to take a further
statement from you.

- Checked out what
the old boy told us

about late night disturbances.

None of the neighbors were
aware of anything wrong, sir.

- No broken windows or anything?

- Nope.

- I think you should look
at the motive of the crime.

- Mr. Horowitz.

If you have any further
information, please,

call the station and we'll come
and take a statement, okay?

Like I said, if
you ever want to,

we'd be more than
happy to listen to you.

- Professor Ryan.

This is for you.

- Thanks.

- There's someone
waiting to see you.

He hasn't got an appointment.

- Who is it?

- A Dr. Horowitz.

- What does he want?

- I did ask him but
he wouldn't tell me.

- Thanks, then.

Dr. Horowitz?

I'm Sam Ryan,
how can I help you?

- Oh, you're not as I imagined.

- Pardon?

- I've read most of your work.

I always expected
somebody older.

- What can I do for you?

- Jake and Henry Davies.

- Sorry, I'm not able
to discuss the case.

- [Horowitz] But
this is very important!

- If you have something to say,

you must say it to the police.

- But I've tried.

- I'm sorry.

- Please, listen,
Leon said you would.

- Leon?

- [Horowitz] Leon Foreman.

- You know Leon?

- Oh yes, yes, we studied
together after the w*r.

We always kept in touch.

I remember him saying
there was a student,

one of his, an
exceptional student,

told me to look out for
her name, Sam Ryan.

- Look, Dr. Horowitz, you
understand the situation.

With current cases...

- Of course, of course,
but if I mention a name

and a date, that wouldn't
break any law, would it?

- No.

- Saul Edwards, 1996.

Thank you for your
time, Professor Ryan.

[somber music]

[phone ringing]

- Yeah?

- [Person On Phone]
Sam Ryan for you.

- Okay, put her through.

Hello?

- Hi, I got a report
back from the lab

about the skin grafts I removed.

- And?

- The subcutaneous
tissue under the graft

showed traces of
ink, tattooing ink.

The grafts were
covering up tattoos.

- Do we know what
the tattoos depicted?

- Well, I can't be sure,
but I think they're tattoos

from a World w*r II
concentration camp.

- Do you think they may
have some relevance?

- I just thought it was something
that should be considered.

- Okay, okay, I'll
put it in the mix.

r*cist att*cks.

- Sir?

- In the West London
area, what have we got

over the last couple of years?

- Can I ask what
this is to do with?

- The Davies
brothers were Jewish.

- There's nothing to say this
was anti-Semitic, is there?

- Only that they may
have been Jewish.

- And?

- And as this is a
m*rder investigation,

we examine all
avenues, don't we?

- Yes, sir.

- They're all the same.

Everything's down
to racial prejudice.

[knocking]

- Hi.

- Hello.

- Do you have a minute?

- Ah, yes.

So, what can I do for you?

- I came to apologize.

- Oh, really?

- Yeah.

Sort of.

I was out of order today.

- You were expressing
opinion, that's all.

- I'm glad you see it that way.

It's just that I...

Any chance of a drink?

- Beer?

- Yeah, that'd be great.

This is a really nice place.

- I think so.

- These for some
new research project?

- No.

- Cheers.

What, you just have them
lying around to cheer you up?

- They're connected to
a case I'm involved with.

- I suppose that
was one of the times

when your theory
was proved wrong.

- [Ryan] What theory?

- Your theory about not
demonstrating, but listening.

- I didn't actually say that.

- Didn't you?

- Douglas, why do you only
hear what you want to hear?

What I actually
said was you, um,

have to understand
someone's point of view

before you can object to it.

- What, you don't
think I understand

what Professor
Newman's talking about?

- Well, do you?

- I've read a lot
of his articles.

- You had a chance to
hear what he had to say,

and you didn't take it.

- Yeah, that's because I
didn't like what I'd read.

- But in a democratic
society, opposing views

have to be heard, otherwise
there's no democracy.

- Even when those views are
morally and ethically suspect?

- Well, who says?

That could just be
your subjective view.

- So, is that just
my subjective view?

- [Ryan] Don't be
ridiculous, of course not.

- Do you ever get angry?

- Yes, I do.

- It's just, it's really
hard to tell with you.

You're always so,

contained.

- What did you really
come round here for?

- To ask you out.

[scoffing]

I'm serious.

- I think you'd better go.

- What's wrong with that?

- You're a student.

- Yeah, it's alright, it's
not a problem to me.

- It's a problem to me.

- Why not try?

It could be fun.

- Night, Douglas.

- At least I know
you'll think about it.

You're the one that always goes

on about keeping an open mind.

Thanks for the beer.

[beeping]

- [Woman's Voice] Don't forget
something for the kids, Carl.

- Alright, see you tomorrow.

- [Woman's Voice]
Hello, pathology.

Yes, he's expecting
those reports.

We'll send a courier over today.

- Dr. Priestly?

- In his office.

- Thank you.

[knocking]

- Ah, Sam.

I thought you were
somebody important.

- Still at it?

- Only way I can
get through the day.

Would you like one?

- I manage to hold
off until I get home.

- Are you doing a PM here?

- [Ryan] No, I've
come to see you.

- Thanks.

- Saul Edwards, 1996.

Does that ring any bells?

- Are you poking your nose
in where it's not wanted again?

- I need to know the
circumstances surrounding the death.

Cause of death,
action taken by police.

- Hm, is that all?

- Do you remember it?

- Yes, I remember it.

- [Ryan] And?

- Old boy drowned.

- That's right.

The report says
he sustained cuts

and bruises
consistent with a fall.

Really?

- Maybe.

- Could he have been att*cked?

- It was ambiguous.

There was little evidence
to confirm either way,

and given the lack of evidence,

to suggest that someone
else was involved,

well, the police found
that injuries consistent

with a fall suited
them a lot better.

[somber music]

- [Announcer] Good
morning, ladies and gentleman,

and welcome aboard the
[unintelligible muttering].

[train whooshing]

[somber music]

- [Navar] This is all a
bit cloak and dagger.

- [Ryan] Just thought you'd
like to get out of the office.

- This is to do with the
Davies case, I take it?

- I've been following up
on the tattoos on the arms.

- [Navar] And?

- Where were you in '96?

- With a crime squad in Leeds.

- Then you probably don't
remember the Saul Edwards case.

- The canal death?

- He lived with this
family in West London.

The coroner recorded
an open verdict.

They arrested Carl
Martin, a known fascist,

but he was never charged.

- [Navar] Because
there was no evidence.

This says the injuries
were sustained in a fall.

- But what it fails to
say is that it could also

have been the
result of an att*ck.

Carl Martin is a known
anti-Semite with a violent history.

And he has a connection.

- [Navar] We have no proof.

[Radio on: In French]

[somber music]

[grunting]

[Speaking in German]
Please. Please.

[Speaking in German] I
am another man. Please...

[dramatic music]

[pained shouting]

[Silencium-John Harle]
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