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HASTINGS:

Our investigation’s expanded into

Witness Protection. The Deputy

Chief Constable’s ordered me to

bring in the specialist from AC-9.

STEVE:

Those bastards’ve been keeping us

out.

HASTINGS:

AC-9 didn’t make that call. Dot

Cottan certainly didn’t. It came

from the Deputy Chief Constable.

STEVE:

I’m not saying you should’ve run it

by us first -

HASTINGS:

I’m glad you’re not saying that,

Steve, else it’d mean you’re

confused over who’s in charge here.

Let’s give the bugger a chance.

After Tony Gates’ team was

disbanded, Cottan distinguished

himself, got promoted, and the fact

is he was the one member of that

unit prepared to give evidence

against his boss. He’s a born

anticorruption officer; poacher

turned gamekeeper.

Neither Steve nor Kate look remotely convinced.

HASTINGS:

I expect you both to conduct

yourself with nothing less than

complete professionalism.

KATE:

Sir.

STEVE:

Sir.

HASTINGS:

C’mon.

Hastings sends them into the briefing room ahead of him.

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312 INT. AC-12. BRIEFING ROOM. CONTINUOUS.

Steve and Kate enter. As Hastings enters, everyone rises.

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312 CONTINUED:

HASTINGS:

Thank you.

They all sit again as Hastings proceeds to the front.

HASTINGS:

The target of the 5th September

ambush was a protected witness. To

brief you on the details, I’d like

to introduce Detective Inspector

Matthew Cottan who’s joined us on

temporary secondment from AC-9.

COTTAN:

Thanks a lot, sir.

Steve and Kate gaze mistrustfully at Cottan as he takes the

front. He lays down a pile of hand-outs and then calls up

images on a screen. The AC-12 officers pull out their

notebooks and Steve and Kate follow suit.

Cottan brings up the first set of images -- two men murdered

with their fingers amputated (the Greek Lane murders from

Series 1).

COTTAN:

In June of 2012, a double murder at

Greek Lane, Moss Heath that was

originally thought to have been

drug related was recrimed as a

terrorist incident. This individual

Cottan brings up a photo of “Tommy” as played by Brian

McCardie in Series 1.

COTTAN:

-- is John Thomas Hunter. He used

the name “Tommy” and had proven

links to organised crime. “Tommy”

cooperated with the investigation

into the Greek Lane terror incident

in return for immunity from

prosecution. “Tommy” was the target

of the ambush.

For effect, Cottan lets this sink in for a couple of beats.

He brings up a photocard driving licence with Tommy’s photo

against a new identity.

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