Line of Duty Page #4

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X:

Music Ends

10:
07:45

Lindsay takes back her phone.

LINDSAY:

(To Gill)

Well. I feel this meeting’s been

remarkably successful, and I’d be

very happy to record in writing

that it’s been a healing process

for all parties. I’d also prefer it

if you consider closed the matter

of DS Arnott’s sexual impropriety -

I don’t intend to make a

statement of evidence.

Lindsay gets up to go. Embarrassed, Gill follows

her. But then Lindsay pauses at the door.

LINDSAY (CONT’D)

The people that actually did the

crime that I was imprisoned for -they’re

still out there.

(To Hastings.)

Superintendent, you uphold the

integrity of the police service. If

you held one iota of doubt about my

conviction, no officer would be

more troubled by that than you; no

officer would do more to right that

wrong.

Lindsay has struck right at the heart of

Hastings’ integrity, and it plants a little

doubt.

LINDSAY (CONT’D)

(To Steve)

I plan to move on with my life. You

won’t move on, Steve, until you

stop chasing me, and you start

chasing your real enemies.

Exit Lindsay, followed by Gill. Steve fumes,

full of shame at having been played into a

corner once again by Lindsay. Hastings gets up

and prowls the room like a caged animal.

HASTINGS:

For Christ sake, son. What was in

that phone?

STEVE:

We’ve got to take that crap from

her, sir?

HASTINGS:

You lied in court, you lied to your

partner and you lied to me!

10:
09:32

STEVE:

I didn’t lie to you, sir; I just

don’t think it’s appropriate to

discuss an officer’s private life.

I don’t quiz you on yours.

HASTINGS:

(Nerve touched)

What do you mean by that? I’m a

married man.

STEVE:

(Confused by his reaction)

I know, sir, I just...

HASTINGS:

Anyway. It isn’t “private” when

it’s bandied about in a court of

law!

STEVE:

What matters, sir, is whether I

planted evidence. Are there any

forensic anomalies in respect of

the money found at Denton’s

address? No. It matches the other

bribe money. Are the Exhibits

Officer’s records inaccurate or

incomplete? No, they’re not -

HASTINGS:

That is not the issue!

STEVE:

It’s completely the issue. I did

not plant evidence. If --if I had

sex with Lindsay Denton, which I

didn’t, does that stop her being

guilty?

Hastings has had enough of Steve’s defiance. He

exits abruptly, leaving Steve to wallow in his

situation.

CUT TO:

INT. AC-12. HASTINGS’ OFFICE. MOMENTS LATER.

Gill is waiting for Hastings in his office.

GILL:

Lindsay Denton has Left The

Building.

Hastings shuts the door grimly.

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