Law & Order UK Season 1 Episode 2 Unloved
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00:00who prosecute the offenders, these are their stories.
00:05Hey Jess, how's it going?
00:09Try the soup.
00:12It's to die for.
00:14It means last time you made it, six people died.
00:17Isn't that right, Reverend?
00:26Leave the bell at the shelter if you want it.
00:31Are you okay, mate?
00:50Shira!
00:51Call an ambulance!
00:54Now!
00:55We're out here most nights, so most kids who sleep rough are familiar faces.
01:04But you've never seen this kid before?
01:07No.
01:09Okay.
01:10Well, we'll need to talk to all the kids that were here earlier.
01:16Reverend Corford?
01:18Yeah.
01:19Sorry.
01:20We do breakfast at the shelter for the rough sleepers.
01:26The kids usually enjoy that too.
01:32Poor boy.
01:33He was dead by the time you found him, so there's nothing you could have done.
01:39One of our uniformed guys will look after you.
01:47Multiple bruises and contusions.
01:49Back of his head was popped like a grape.
01:52No wallet, no ID, no mobile.
01:56So not a known local.
01:57What do you reckon?
01:58Lads walked off the train and got his first and last welcome to London?
02:02He was, what, 12, 13?
02:04Someone should tell these kids the streets aren't lying with well wishes.
02:07If the street's the alternative, it makes you wonder what they're running away from.
02:37Hello?
02:40Okay.
02:43Yeah.
02:48Hello?
02:53Hello?
02:55Hello?
02:57Hello?
02:59Hello?
03:02Hello?
03:03Well, he didn't come out of Euston Station.
03:13Must be a local after all.
03:15That narrows it down to 659 square miles.
03:20So why does a young kid like that get beaten a bit and no one notice?
03:24Well, let's start with the witnesses.
03:25Get down to Reverend's shelter.
03:27Some of them down there might have recognised the keep.
03:30Yep.
03:30Mind you, the state you're in now, they'll probably hose you down, give you a meal.
03:36We all know Prince Charming.
03:37First super drug we pass, you'll stop in for some Listerine.
03:41Do you always smell so minty?
03:45Cheryl, do you recognise him, love?
03:49I was too busy working last night, trying to keep warm.
03:53Go on.
03:55Never think.
03:56I'll bet nothing gets past you.
03:58Do women ever fall for that?
04:00I don't know him from Adam.
04:06Cheryl, your tattoo, is that a local gang?
04:11Yeah.
04:12I got out a few months ago when the Rev got me this job here.
04:15Since when did you become an expert on gangs?
04:20I'm old, Bill, not prehistoric, Bill.
04:23So where do you lot hang out?
04:26I'm telling you, man, I've got an airtight alibi.
04:29We haven't told you when you need your alibi for you yet.
04:33That's your world out there.
04:34This is ours and here.
04:35We don't mix.
04:36Yeah?
04:37Three-pointer says you're wrong.
04:42Okay.
04:51Shame, man.
04:52You got a photo?
04:53He was found dead last night at the back of Euston Station.
05:01Don't need no photo, then.
05:02You know who did it?
05:03He weren't done by a gang, man.
05:06That whole area around there, that's the neutral zone.
05:09No one gets touched in the neutral zone.
05:12Nor of the land, man.
05:14You just got to use the train, too, don't they?
05:17So bloody tribal.
05:18One street against the next.
05:20Kids getting beaten for walking through outlawed areas.
05:23Rivalry between kids ain't nothing new, Matt.
05:26You can't tell me you and your mates
05:27never organised a punch-up between your school
05:29and the next one down the road.
05:31We never carried knives or guns.
05:33Then kids haven't changed.
05:35Society has.
05:36I hate these cases, Matt.
05:39All that potential gone.
05:41I'd say your male anon was 13.
05:49Cracked ribs, punctured lung, ruptured spleen.
05:55He hemorrhaged from almost every major organ.
05:59How long do you reckon he could have walked around like that?
06:02Slow rate of seepage, an hour, two tops.
06:06Any sign of sexual abuse?
06:07No evidence of any sexual activity.
06:10No fluids, no tearing of tissue.
06:13Just normal blunt force wounds.
06:17Probably from steel toe-capped boots or DMs.
06:20Any tattoos, gang markings?
06:23No.
06:24Somebody on the street must know this kid.
06:26There was no way he was living on the street.
06:29And this boy was well looked after, well fed.
06:33His last meal was colenta and roasted vegetables.
06:37And served polenta and roasted veg in soup kitchens.
06:42Where are the parents in all this?
06:44If my kid had been missing for the best part of a day, I'd be going spare.
06:48You and me both.
06:49We've sent his photograph to all the other constabularies.
06:53Just in case his parents do a walk-in, it's been nothing.
06:56How's the response to the media up here?
06:58Well, lots of calls, obviously, lots of sympathy.
07:01But so far, no leads.
07:02And you've checked with missing persons?
07:03Yep.
07:05None matching his description.
07:06There's no match for fingerprints or DNA either.
07:09Without his name, we've got nothing.
07:10Now where to start?
07:12We just got a hit from the media appeal.
07:15A Mrs Lee, teacher over in Kilburn.
07:21Couldn't believe it when I saw his face on the news.
07:24Danny Jackson.
07:25One of my after-school regulars.
07:27Hurry up for him.
07:29So I take it he wasn't exactly a teacher's pet?
07:31Actually, he was a decent kid.
07:33Just shy.
07:35He had dyslexia.
07:36He was on our mentoring scheme.
07:37Do you have an address for Danny?
07:39I've got an old one.
07:40Six months ago, his mother moved.
07:42New boyfriend, according to Danny.
07:44Did he ever talk about his home life?
07:46You mean, did he show up with bruises?
07:49Kids are good at keeping that sort of stuff from you.
07:51Yeah.
07:52Baggy clothes or hide a lot.
07:55Yeah.
07:55The boyfriend's a bookie.
07:59Wimbledon dog track.
08:11Too late.
08:12Danny's mum moved out three months ago.
08:15Well, do you have an address?
08:16From day one, Mandy and that kid of ours were nothing but trouble.
08:20Have we been okay, babe?
08:22You worry about that, sweetheart.
08:23I'll see you bounce right back.
08:29Mandy left me.
08:31She ripped me off.
08:33As for Danny, bloody hell.
08:35When he went drawing, he was bouncing off the walls.
08:40I'm liking the reason Mandy got stoned after time is because of him.
08:45What about you, Stevie?
08:47Do you ever need to make Danny see sense?
08:49I'm never a kid.
08:56Stevie.
08:58Just give us Mandy's address before she decides to move on again.
09:02She's in rehab.
09:04You see her.
09:07Tell her I want my plasma back.
09:08Go on!
09:23Sir.
09:24She's been clean for nearly three months now.
09:26Hello, Mandy.
09:56Social Services said I wasn't fit to be left alone with him.
10:26So, I wanted him back, so I went into rehab.
10:37They cried when they took him away.
10:40I told him, Danny, you're going to a nice house, you'll be fed, and looked after it.
10:48He was safe.
10:49After everything I'd brought him through.
10:55After...
10:57He didn't want to go home.
11:01I want him back.
11:03Please bring him back.
11:04I want him back.
11:05I want him back.
11:06Please bring him back.
11:07I want him back.
11:08Please bring him back.
11:09I want him back.
11:10We'll get whoever did this.
11:15A few months ago, the PE teacher at Danny's New School noticed some bruises.
11:32Did Danny say how he got them?
11:35Too scared.
11:36The child abuse team couldn't prove anything.
11:38I'd have had a fiver on boyfriend of the year, Stevie Agnew, myself.
11:42We took Danny into care.
11:44Two days later, Mandy turns up.
11:46Says she'd agree to do rehab.
11:48Anything to get him back.
11:50This is what I always worried the inside of my head looked like.
11:54One person's mess is another person's filing system.
11:58Who's Danny placed with foster parents?
12:00I'm Phoebe Baxter.
12:01She's the best we've got.
12:03So why didn't she report Danny missing on Friday night?
12:07If I'd have told social services that Danny was missing, they'd have taken him away from me.
12:13He was settling in so well.
12:15So well, you didn't know where he was?
12:18He's not prison.
12:19I don't tag them.
12:20I've been doing this long enough to understand the pattern.
12:23They've run away once.
12:26Parents' house.
12:29Hoping that Mum and Dad have patched up their differences.
12:33And after a day or two, they come back again.
12:37That's what I thought Danny was up to.
12:40I failed him.
12:42So just run us through what happened on Friday evening, Mrs Baxter, please.
12:47Well, after school, we all sat down at dinner together like always.
12:51And then Danny went off to the cinema with Jono and Andy.
12:56After the film, we stopped some chips on the Camden High Street.
13:00So tell us what happened then, Jono?
13:05Andy and I went in, got a order.
13:08When we came out, Danny was just, like, gone.
13:11Anything behind me?
13:12Yeah, you youth.
13:13What about you, Andy?
13:15Did Danny say anything to you before he left?
13:17How was Danny that night, Andy?
13:21Andy.
13:22He's the right chatterbox you're on, mate, isn't he?
13:24He won't talk to the old Bill.
13:26Last time he did, he got nicked.
13:28We looked around for him, didn't we?
13:30We thought he might come back here.
13:32So you think Danny was homesick, Andy?
13:34No way!
13:35That mingerie's mum was shagging.
13:37He used to hit Danny for going in the back room while he was watching ponies.
13:41Danny told you Stevie hit him?
13:44He showed us the bruises.
13:50I was in all night watching telly with Debbie.
13:53Danny never came round.
13:59I know people like you, Stevie.
14:02People who lie about hitting kids.
14:05People who get a kick out seeing the bruises the next day.
14:09I never hit him.
14:10I took him in, fed him.
14:13I put a roof over his head.
14:15Why would I hit him?
14:16Right now.
14:17Socko are going through all the CCTV footage in your borough.
14:22Uniform are searching your area.
14:25Forensics are going through your flat.
14:28Let me get this straight.
14:30You're saying I killed Danny because his mum nicked my telly.
14:33I never hit him.
14:35Ever.
14:39Stevie.
14:43Uniform.
14:48Found this.
14:52It's Danny's mobile phone.
14:54Found it just to request for me a flat.
15:04I didn't kill that boy.
15:05Look, Gov.
15:08The other kids at Phoebe Baxter's, they confirmed that Stevie hit Danny.
15:14He's got motive.
15:15He's got previous.
15:16Hang on.
15:17Hang on.
15:18The kids said they only saw the bruises, not the beatings.
15:21Nobody, nobody has proved that Agnew was battering Danny.
15:26And even if he was, it doesn't mean he's a murderer.
15:28Look.
15:29Look at his body language.
15:30I mean, he's sitting on his hands.
15:32It's classic.
15:33He's hiding something.
15:34Matt, what are you going to charge him with?
15:36Bad posture?
15:37One of you's right.
15:38But tick tock, boys.
15:40Your custody clock is running down.
15:46Ronnie, mate.
15:47No, it's him.
15:48Matt, everything we've got is circumstantial, right?
15:52We have a phone that was found in a communal area.
15:55Oh, come on.
15:56Listen, we have no witness.
15:58And Agnew is going to deny he's done anything wrong
16:01until he is blue in the face.
16:08I've been that kid, you know.
16:10Why don't we go and talk to Debbie and check Stevie's alibi?
16:20Stevie usually takes me out on a Friday night, but I had a stinking cold, so we stayed in.
16:25I sat on the sofa with a duvet, dosed up on cold medicine.
16:29And where was Stevie?
16:31In the back, watching telly.
16:33Dog races on Sky.
16:35Did he pop out at all?
16:37He was in all night.
16:38I'm telling you.
16:40Stevie wouldn't harm a fly.
16:45What's that on your arm?
16:50Not what it looks like.
16:54Well, it looks like somebody's hit you.
16:58He's got a temper.
16:59Who hasn't?
17:01I can be really annoying.
17:03I know I can.
17:04So Stevie was in all night, you were in all night.
17:07And that's it.
17:10Anything else?
17:13About 10 o'clock.
17:16I heard someone put the key in the lock.
17:19I knew Stevie was in, so I went over and opened the door.
17:24And I heard some people running away.
17:27Do you know who it was?
17:28I don't know.
17:29I just caught a glimpse.
17:30Glimpse?
17:31It might not even have been Danny.
17:32CCTV puts Stevie at the flat at 19.30 on the evening Danny died.
17:48He leaves at 8 in the morning.
17:50He was at the flat all night.
17:52Well, he might have nipped out the back.
17:54The back alley's covered by a residential camera.
17:57He's in the clear.
17:58All right, we're back where we started.
18:00Oh, ye of little faith.
18:11That's Danny.
18:13That other kid's the chatterbox from Phoebe Baxter's place.
18:17Andy Sefton.
18:19So that boy with the hood on could be the other lad.
18:22And Jono Blake?
18:23Yeah.
18:25And that's exactly the same time they said they were at the cinema in Camden.
18:29From this, they must have been among the last people to see Danny alive.
18:33Bring them in, first thing.
18:39It weren't me.
18:40You're on CCTV, Jono.
18:44Standing next to Danny just before he died.
18:48How did you ask me?
18:49Well, if it wasn't you, it was your body double.
18:52You were wearing a hoodie.
18:54So you can't see my face?
18:57Now look, Jono.
18:59Let's keep this simple.
19:01What happened after you ran away from Stevie's flat?
19:05I told you.
19:06The three of us went to the pictures,
19:08then we went to the chibi.
19:10And what film did you see?
19:12I can't remember.
19:13I fell asleep.
19:15It was boring.
19:17Saw this place.
19:18Jono.
19:19Mate.
19:20We checked the cinema's CCTV.
19:23You weren't there.
19:26You've got to stop lying.
19:35Jono.
19:37You missed Danny.
19:39What?
19:40Well, you shared a room with him, didn't you?
19:42So what do you think when you look across an empty bed?
19:44Do you miss him?
19:45Of course I do. We were mates.
19:47And how does that make you feel?
19:53I wish he was still here.
19:56I bet you do.
19:57I bet you used to look out for each other and all, eh?
20:03Of course we did.
20:05That's why I reckon it's got to make you pretty angry at the person who did this.
20:15Jono.
20:17Tell us what happened.
20:22You think you're so clever, didn't you?
20:26You tell me.
20:28I don't know.
20:30Yeah.
20:35Clubs up.
20:37Andy, he's been giving me the silent treatment.
20:41Oh.
20:43Probably because he's hungry.
20:44Don't look at them like that. They're not poisoned.
20:52I mean, they were made in our canteen, but nobody's died yet.
20:58We don't want you to say anything you're not comfortable with, Andy.
21:03God knows I've drummed it into my own boy.
21:06He's about the same age as you, actually.
21:08I've said if ever you get in trouble, the police...
21:12don't sit there and make things up.
21:17That's the mistake everybody makes.
21:21They forget police have got forensics, DNA, CCTV.
21:28They'll know if you're lying.
21:32So, best thing is...
21:35tell the truth.
21:42Everything all sorted itself out.
21:48And there's another big reason why you should tell us the truth, Andy.
21:54For Danny.
21:57He's not here to tell us what happened.
22:02It's Danny's mate. Don't you think you owe him that?
22:04What about Jono?
22:13He's my mate, too.
22:19What if he knows I told you?
22:21We'll look after you.
22:24You don't have to keep quiet any longer, Andy.
22:26Danny wanted some money so he and his mum could get a flat together.
22:39He said, Steve, he had a load of music here we could flog.
22:44When we heard someone in the flat, we ran.
22:48One minute we're legging it, and the next, Jono just loses it.
22:53He pushes Danny over, blames him for people being in a flat.
23:10He starts smashing his face in.
23:13Stamping on him.
23:18It's like he was trying to bust him open.
23:20I've never seen nothing like it before in my life.
23:30Jono went mental.
23:37So our prime suspect is a 13-year-old kid whose voice ain't even broken yet.
23:42I don't know.
23:43I need a minute to get my head round this.
23:45Unbelievable.
23:47Would you believe Andy's story?
23:48Little kid like Jono does that to his mate.
23:52Well, the facts all fit, and it's definitely possible.
23:55Well, I'll tell you what, if he did do it, the case could go nuclear, that's for sure.
23:58Press would be all over him, lock and rash.
24:00El CPS.
24:01Hello, Alicia.
24:02We done now.
24:17Can I go?
24:19Jonathan Blake, we're charging you with the murder of Daniel Jackson.
24:23I'm going to need summaries of all murder or manslaughter cases from the last 30 years,
24:37where the killer was under 60.
24:39No, still less.
24:43Way nicely, Bea.
24:44Jono Blake is innocent.
24:46He's just a scared kid.
24:47He's been stitched up by his mate.
24:49And you.
24:50He's on CCTV with Danny minutes before the murder.
24:54His DNA is all over Danny's body, and his DMs were covered in blood and human matter.
24:59Yeah, well, obviously he was there, but Andy Sefton is bigger, older and stronger.
25:03What, and that's your defence.
25:06Andy did it.
25:08Bea, that's rubbish.
25:11The facts don't fit.
25:13It'll take me two minutes to discredit it.
25:15Yeah?
25:16Well, when the jury looked at big old Andy next to scared little Jono.
25:23We'll see who they believe.
25:25Seriously?
25:26That's your case?
25:29I know her.
25:30She's up to something.
25:31That defence is way too simple.
25:33Just because you two used to do the handboard shuffle doesn't mean that you have any insight into how she runs her defences nowadays.
25:41What, you and her?
25:42Yeah, it was a long time ago.
25:43Thanks for that, George.
25:44Stop worrying about her and ensure your case is unassailable.
25:48Youth crime is our most sensitive issue, so no cock-ups, no surprises.
25:53Triple check every fact.
25:56Go back to the families.
25:59Biological parents, foster parents, comprehensive character profile of Jono Blake.
26:03That way Bea can't spring any traps.
26:05Okay.
26:06Oh, Ron, come on, sir.
26:15Ooh, pan au chocolat.
26:18How did you know my weakness for the French?
26:21Jono Blake's social services file says he was suspended from school.
26:25Do you know why?
26:26Well, the teacher said there was an altercation in the playground.
26:28Did Jono start this altercation?
26:30Half the kids said he did, half the kids said he didn't.
26:32This is a bribe, isn't it?
26:34Can you get statements from all the kids?
26:36What, all of them?
26:38You are taking them, Michael.
26:39We need every angle covered.
26:41Oi.
26:43How come he gets to have breakfast with you?
26:47Leave it to me, sweetheart.
26:48I'm your man.
26:49Leave what?
26:50What's he doing for you?
26:53You're coming late.
26:54You miss things.
26:55Who are chocolat.
26:59Hey, do you want a coffee?
27:04I already told the police, Jono ain't been my problem for a long time now.
27:10Tell me about his dad.
27:13Serving life in Ashbridge with his brother.
27:16Last time he came out, he's all blind he was going straight.
27:21More for me, eh?
27:23Was Jono ever violent at home?
27:25He's a boy.
27:27All little thugs, as far as I can see.
27:30Take a look round here, they're all the same.
27:33Why was he taken away from you?
27:35I've been through all this.
27:36And I want to hear it from you, so I've got all the facts.
27:39I left him alone, once.
27:41Overnight?
27:42I went for a drink with a go after work.
27:45One thing led to another.
27:47Next thing I know, it was morning.
27:49Jono was fine.
27:50Nothing had happened, but social services have sticking their noses in, don't they?
27:57Sounds like you and Jono have had a rough time.
28:00What would you know about a rough time?
28:03I grew up around the corner from here.
28:06Whatever.
28:12Jono's mum left him alone more than once.
28:14He's petrified of being left on his own.
28:17That's why he's always joking and mucking about.
28:20He thinks if you like him, you might stay around.
28:23And how did Jono get on with Danny?
28:25They were best mates.
28:26Practically inseparable.
28:28Two teenage boys sharing a room?
28:30They must have fought a bit.
28:32Oh.
28:33Spent a day and a half sizing each other up.
28:35After that, I don't remember a crossword between them.
28:39They were closer than brothers.
28:41So you never saw Jono being violent towards Danny or anyone else?
28:45It's not that simple.
28:47If he'd had one decent role model, things might have been different.
28:50He had you.
28:51And he was changing.
28:54Kids are work in progress.
28:55I know, bad kids.
28:59Jono's not one of them.
29:01He murdered Danny, Mrs. Baxter.
29:03We have a duty to prosecute Danny's killer.
29:06Whose duty is it to speak for Jono?
29:09They'll demonise him, knock him away, out of sight, out of mind.
29:13If we give up on our kids, it's only a matter of time before they give up on themselves.
29:17Phoebe Baxter and Jono's mum could be talking about two different boys.
29:28Their opinions are that polarised.
29:30Doesn't matter.
29:31We deal in evidence, the facts of this murder.
29:35I feel a conscience pricking.
29:41Jono's foster mum, the person who knows him best, says he shouldn't be abandoned.
29:46And she feels that Jono's a victim, too.
29:51Really?
29:52Because I've just watched the mobile phone footage of Jono's playground attack on her classmates.
29:59Jono wasn't a victim that day.
30:01He's 13.
30:02He goes into the prison system.
30:04He's lost for life.
30:05Danny shouldn't have committed murder.
30:08A staunch of bleeding heart, Alicia.
30:09The victim is in the mortuary.
30:12We are crone prosecution, not crone empathy.
30:14A line has to be drawn, a youth crime, and we're drawing it.
30:19Is that what you think?
30:21I think Dana's mother needs us to provide justice for her son.
30:30All persons who have anything to do with my lords, the Queen's justices of the Central Criminal Court, draw near.
30:37Please, Judge Anderson, agree to hear the trial in private.
30:41Keep the public and the press out.
30:43God save the Queen.
30:46Case of Crown and Jonathan Blake.
30:50Imagine being in that dock when you were 13.
31:02I tried to stop him, but he just lost it.
31:20It was like it was someone else.
31:27Jono kept kicking Danny over and over.
31:29And I legged it because I was scared.
31:46Out of the three of you, Andy, who's the tallest?
31:50I am.
31:51And what weight are you?
31:54About 10 or 11 stone.
31:56So would you say you could beat Danny and Jono in a fight?
32:05I suppose.
32:07No further questions.
32:12Is that it?
32:15That's it.
32:16My mum was out when social services took me away.
32:27When they took you, how did that make you feel?
32:30Sad.
32:31Angry.
32:33When I went to Miss B's, she looked after me.
32:36Things were all right.
32:37No further questions.
32:38No further questions.
32:39No further questions.
32:39No further questions.
32:39No further questions.
32:46Do you start a lot of fights, Jono?
32:51No.
32:53Do you remember Martin Taggart?
32:59Do you remember Martin Taggart, Jono?
33:01Yeah, I went to school with him.
33:03You fought with Martin, didn't you?
33:05He started it.
33:06But you were fully aware that you were causing him serious injury.
33:09So he shouldn't have started it.
33:11And isn't it true that no charges were pressed against you because your father intimidated Martin's parents?
33:16What's that got to do with me?
33:18That fight was nothing.
33:20Nothing.
33:21That's how you'd describe it.
33:23This mobile phone footage was filmed by a child in the playground.
33:45Do you still think that was nothing, Jono?
34:10It's the easiest prosecution I've ever had to make.
34:20She didn't raise a single objection.
34:22Why?
34:22You should be delighted.
34:25McArdle's asked for the jury to be discharged.
34:28She's changed the basis of her plea.
34:30She's put in an application?
34:31For a retrial.
34:33The new defence she's running is that Jono is not guilty by reason of mental defect.
34:37What?
34:38She'll never make a woman an insanity defence.
34:41She's not saying he's insane.
34:43She's running non-insane automatism.
34:46An involuntary act committed while not conscious of actions taken.
34:50Most of Jono's blood relatives are in prison.
34:53Her defence is that Jono is genetically predisposed to violent behaviour.
34:57Oh, she can't run that.
34:59It's outrageous.
35:00We'd have every criminal in the country making the same case.
35:03What's she playing at?
35:04Don't blame me.
35:05Blame my genes.
35:07It's boring.
35:09I'll give her that.
35:09But let's not panic.
35:11No sane judge would let that get beyond a hearing.
35:14So who do we draw?
35:15Judge DeMarco.
35:17Oh, God.
35:19Let's panic.
35:21For over a hundred years now, scientists have seen a relationship between genetics and human behaviour.
35:29My lord, relevance to Crown and Blake.
35:31Researchers in Scandinavia have identified a defective gene that produces an excess of MAOA, monoamine oxidase.
35:42Mono-what, Miss McArdle?
35:45Break it down for the Luddite in front of you.
35:47Well, you do yourself a terrible disservice, my lord.
35:51Monoamine oxidase is an enzyme.
35:54Destroys serotonin, which, as you know, regulates anger and aggression.
36:00The defective gene responsible for producing this enzyme is commonly referred to as the warrior gene.
36:09Okay, and this has what to do with non-insane automatism?
36:16Jono has this defective gene.
36:18He couldn't control himself any more than my learned friend here could wish himself ten years younger.
36:24You've had him tested.
36:24Conclusions from the Scandinavian panel of experts where they confirm Jono has the warrior gene.
36:32My lord, if this becomes precedent, we might as well just open the gates of every prison in the land.
36:38With respect, that's not the issue here.
36:41We're establishing the validity of putting this before a jury.
36:44Precedent.
36:45You name me one court that has accepted this defense.
36:50Jerry Robertson is on death row in Arizona.
36:53He was given up for adoption as an infant.
36:55He has not seen and has not had any contact with his biological father since that date.
37:01His biological father is also on death row.
37:04Oh, please.
37:05Case is pending the Supreme Court ruling.
37:07My lord, science evolves.
37:10So, too, must the law.
37:12My lord, I will fill the court with experts who will refute this.
37:23Call your experts, Mr. Steele.
37:27We'll see who the jury believes.
37:33You know, for a second in there, I thought your head was going to explode.
37:37On the bloody earth, you wasted all that public money.
37:40You made a mockery of the system.
37:41Oh, you're just miffed I got the better of you.
37:43Don't take it personally.
37:45I do this to everyone.
37:46What is this, Bea?
37:46Are you grabbing a chance to make the headlines?
37:49No.
37:50I'm trying to give my client the best possible defense.
37:52I needed time to get the legal precedent, Jono's test results, and then to assess the scientific
37:57data.
37:57So, yes, I use the system.
38:01Something you do every day.
38:02And what would have happened if you'd run out of time?
38:05Jono could have been sent down.
38:06Do you really think I would have let that happen?
38:10What are you so scared of, James?
38:12Why would you want to suppress evidence?
38:14Evidence knows no morality.
38:16We present it, and a jury decides.
38:18It's unproven, Bea.
38:19The sample group is too small.
38:21It could just push the legal system off a cliff.
38:24Well, then make that argument in court.
38:26Honestly, the law has survived.
38:27DNA samples, CCTV, fingerprints.
38:31I think it will survive this.
38:34And what about Jono Blake?
38:35When this becomes public, the media will tear him to shreds.
38:39I'm doing this for him.
38:41He'll be fine.
38:48See, this is the English legal system on the verge of a nervous breaker.
38:52George, what if Bea McArdle is right?
38:55What if this warrior gene theory has substance?
38:59There was a time when no court accepted provocation as a defense to murder.
39:02Maybe this is one of those moments when the law plays cat up with science.
39:06Will you just make sure that she's not right?
39:07And when you're in that court, demolishing her like a bulldozer,
39:11this warrior gene becomes president,
39:13then tens of thousands of cases and old cases will have to be retried.
39:17No criminal will ever be held responsible or accountable for inner.
39:21Notice of Appeal, applications in the event McArdle wins.
39:25We'll be drowning in paperwork by the end of the day.
39:27Well, you should be happy.
39:28You got what you wanted.
39:29Jono has an excuse.
39:31Everyone's a victim now.
39:34I'll be at my desk.
39:35See, that's seven.
39:43No, eight.
39:44Eight messages from the...
39:45No, that'll be number nine.
39:47Messages from the DPP.
39:48He'll be expecting me to tell him that the legal floodgates will not open.
39:52That this will never become precedent because I have my best on it
39:56and he will demolish the defense.
39:58So I expect you to go in there and to do just that, James.
40:02Tell me why you attacked Danny, Jono.
40:13I don't know.
40:15He was driving me mental.
40:18You all right, I lit up when I said that.
40:21Go on, I'm right at that, mental.
40:23Do you know how to spell it?
40:24Jono, do you think your attack on Daniel Jackson was right or wrong?
40:29What sort of a stupid question is that?
40:34Of course he was wrong.
40:38I killed him.
40:44He's aware of his actions and the consequences that follow from them.
40:50So he's not insane or schizophrenic?
40:53Definitely not.
40:54Tell me honestly, do you think there's any validity to this warrior gene syndrome?
41:03Can someone be born bad?
41:07Genes are just one element of a larger picture.
41:11And all they give us is a predisposition.
41:15We still make our own behavioral choices.
41:18Yes or no, is he responsible for what he did?
41:20From everything I've seen.
41:27Yes.
41:29Though I'm not sure how Jono will cope with the ordeal of a second trial.
41:35I mean, especially with all this public interest now.
41:38I mean, if you don't get to the point outside of the world,
41:41I mean, I mean, we don't get to the point outside of the world.
41:42I mean, there's no need to go.
41:44I mean, there's no need to go.
41:45That would be a battle of a second trial.
41:45No!
41:46No!
41:46No!
41:52No!
41:55There's no need to go!
41:58No!
41:59No!
42:02No!
42:04No!
42:05No!
42:06A few years ago, researchers in Scandinavia found a mutated gene linked to a violent
42:35family of rapists and arsonists living in the Netherlands.
42:39And could this warrior gene compromise a person's sense of right and wrong?
42:45From the evidence I've seen, I don't believe so.
42:48Thank you, Doctor.
42:49No further questions.
42:54Doctor, doesn't recent research suggest that obesity and sporting ability are
43:05passed genetically from parents to their children?
43:08It does, yes.
43:09So, by logical extension, we might pass our criminal behaviour to our children?
43:17The data from the warrior gene tests are not random enough to form scientific conclusions.
43:23Their sample bases are too small.
43:26Well, they didn't test enough people.
43:29Exactly.
43:30So you were saying that there's a problem with the collection of the data, but not the
43:37theory?
43:38Are you proud?
43:39Are you proud of what you're doing?
43:45Of what you're saying in there?
43:46Of all these lies and arguments and legal...
43:52My Danny never hurt anybody!
43:54That monster in there is not the victim.
43:55Come on.
43:56You're disgusting!
43:57Come on!
43:58Come on!
43:59Come on!
44:00What are you saying in there?
44:02Of all these lies and arguments and legal...
44:05My Danny never hurt anybody!
44:13That monster in there is not the victim.
44:17Come on.
44:17You're disgusting.
44:20Get up!
44:30Come on, Danny.
44:51From the day he was born, we knew he was different.
44:57There's something odd about him.
45:01I just didn't know what it was.
45:04Not till now.
45:06Well, you know your son better than anyone, Tracy.
45:10Do you agree with the warrior gene theory?
45:13You saw what he did to that kid.
45:15It makes sense.
45:30Did you discipline your son, Mr. Blake?
45:36Jack hit him all the time.
45:39It didn't make any difference, though.
45:41He never did what he was told.
45:43How about love?
45:45Showing him some affection.
45:47Did you ever try that?
45:48Of course I did.
45:56I used to think it was my fault.
45:59What do you mean?
46:00That I wasn't a good enough mum.
46:04That I didn't deserve a kid.
46:05Look, that was before all this gene stuff.
46:12Now I know there was nothing I could have done.
46:14It wouldn't have made any difference.
46:18The papers are right.
46:21He's a monster.
46:22Is that what you really think about your own son?
46:38You heard what they're saying about him.
46:40His genes are rotten.
46:43He's wrong.
46:48How many months pregnant are you?
46:50Seven.
46:51So, based on your belief in genes,
46:54we should take that baby from your arms
46:55the second it's born and lock it up?
46:57No!
46:58Well, surely genetics dictates
46:59that your next child will be a monster, too.
47:02It'll be different this time.
47:03I won't make the same mistakes I made with him.
47:18Not further questions.
47:21Snap.
47:36Are we still talking?
47:49Oh, come on.
47:54I'm running a valid defence for John.
47:56I know you'd have done exactly the same
47:57back in your defence days.
47:59I got defence because I couldn't sleep at night.
48:05Yeah, I remember.
48:06Do you sleep better now?
48:14Mostly.
48:19I can't believe you still come here.
48:22A creature of habit.
48:24I...
48:25I can't believe you...
48:29Born in Scotland.
48:29You know?
48:29Yeah.
48:29How's Ethan?
48:31He's, er...
48:32With his mum.
48:34In Scotland.
48:38He's for the best.
48:41Mostly.
48:42Johnna wants to meet with you, tried my best, but advised him against it.
48:54Nine o'clock tomorrow. My office.
48:57Thank you for not making that difficult for me.
49:06This isn't a holiday home, you know. You'd be going in for years.
49:10My jeans are messed up.
49:12I am trying to keep you out of prison.
49:16Why? You can't fix my jeans.
49:20I'm staying cool. I don't think my mum had to say I'm a monster.
49:25Johnna, no, you're not.
49:26I am. I was born like that. I'm a mistake.
49:31That's not what this is all about.
49:36I killed Danny.
49:40He was my mate.
49:44Johnna.
49:47Why did you ask to meet us?
49:52I want to go out of prison.
49:54It's where I belong.
50:03We helped destroy him. Now he believes he's worthless.
50:08Is Danny dead?
50:11Yes.
50:13Did Johnna kill him?
50:16Yes.
50:17Yes.
50:18Has justice been served?
50:21Yes.
50:23The law is a blunt instrument, but it's all we have.
50:28Yes.
50:31Except the plea.
50:33Johnna.
50:35Do you understand the charge to which you're pleading guilty?
50:38Yeah.
50:40Murder.
50:42Can you tell us in your own words what happened on the night of Danny's death?
50:50I got in a fight with him.
50:54When he went to the ground.
50:56I kicked him over and over.
50:57I killed him.
50:59Why did you kill him, Johnna?
51:01He made me mad.
51:03And you understand what it means changing your plea to guilty?
51:09Please.
51:10Changing your plea to guilty.
51:13Please.
51:40It was a defence.
51:44I never thought for one second he'd actually believe it.
52:05Come for the last laugh.
52:10Doctor Elizabeth Rawls.
52:21She's prepared to work with you.
52:25She can help you.
52:27My murderer was always going to be like this.
52:31No.
52:33None of us are defined by our genes.
52:39I am. I'm evil.
52:43That's too easy because it means that nobody else has to take responsibility.
53:01You're too young to be a lost cause.
53:13We can still help you.
53:19If you let us.
53:30Please.
53:31Please.
53:32Please.
53:37Please.