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  • 4/25/2025
Law & Order UK Season 2 Episode 1 Samaritan

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00:00...who prosecute the offenders, these are their stories.
00:06No, not tomorrow.
00:09On one night.
00:11Friday night?
00:14Yeah, but I'm worth waiting.
00:16Any unit, Lima Oscar, deal with the disturbance on Creek Street.
00:21Oscar Lima from 719, show me a sign for the disturbance at Creek Street, over.
00:30Here you go, Moira.
00:34Oh, you're a lifesaver.
00:37Long night.
00:39He's on tonight.
00:40The one I was talking about, my favourite voice, Nick Bentley.
00:46Lima Oscar from 719, I have two suspects concerned drug dealing at Creek Street.
00:51Both appeared to be in the possession of firearms.
00:54I need a Trojan unit and urgent assistance.
00:56All units from Lima Oscar, that's officer requires urgent assistance, Creek Street.
01:01Can I have a Trojan unit, please?
01:03Lima Oscar from 713, show me assistance.
01:06Received.
01:07First unit on scene, a situation report, please.
01:09719, sit rep, please.
01:18Nick.
01:20I'm here.
01:24So's one suspect.
01:27Other suspect now towards Cornwall Road.
01:30I need an ambulance.
01:31All units from Lima Oscar, a suspect with a firearm towards Cornwall Road.
01:37First unit on scene, a sit rep, please.
01:40Where's my backup?
01:43Where's Ray?
01:43713 from Lima Oscar, where are you?
01:47713.
01:48Where's the backup?
01:50719, are you receiving over?
01:52719, are you receiving over?
01:59Nick.
02:01719.
02:05Tell us you're okay.
02:08Nick.
02:09Nick.
02:22Nick.
02:47Nick.
02:48Nick.
02:49Nick.
02:51Nick.
02:52This is PC Nick Bentley, 24 years of age, been on the beat for two years.
03:07Took a bullet to the stomach, one to the thigh, which is femoral artery.
03:12Bled to death, took around about four minutes.
03:15Caught in the crossfire. Nightmare.
03:18Yeah.
03:19Your uniform just told me his partner was sorting out a parking argument at Waterloo's station.
03:27And when he got the shout, he misheard the address.
03:31Well, this time of night around here, we're going to be struggling for witnesses.
03:37Got anything, Joy?
03:38Nine separate bullet shells scattered around the scene from two different weapons.
03:43So our man had no chance.
03:45It looks like he's just started shaving, this kid.
03:49According to his ID, he's 21 years old, carrying a .38 weapon.
03:55Six of the shells came from him, the other three from a .22.
04:00What about the other drug dealer fellow? Got any DNA traces on him?
04:04Fingerprints on a bag of crack. Going to the lab now.
04:07Bentley's partner's waiting over there. Let's go and see how he's doing.
04:11What do you say to your husband on nights like this, Joy?
04:14Never that it's one of us that got shot.
04:21I was at the back of the station.
04:25The taxi rank had been blocked in by a limo on an end night.
04:28Nick went on ahead.
04:33Well, I saw what they did to do out there.
04:36I should have been with him.
04:40Well, don't beat yourself up. It could have happened to anyone.
04:43Yeah, but I misheard the shout.
04:45I thought they said Leak Street, not Creek Street.
04:49Was your radio working properly?
04:51Half a dozen people having a ding-dong right in my ear didn't help.
04:54Well, we're going to need a proper debrief and a statement from you, Ray,
05:01down at the station when you're ready.
05:03Yeah, of course.
05:1224. Same age as me.
05:15There's no age to die.
05:17There's never a good age.
05:19What do you got?
05:20Well, back from the crime scene containing crack,
05:23had two major sets of prints.
05:25The first was from the corpse,
05:27Ade Young, 21.
05:29Other prints belonged to a Theo Carson.
05:32Here's his PNC record.
05:34Top blinding, Teddy.
05:35That is just a ticket after the old all-nighter.
05:38A burglary, GBH,
05:40dealing heroin,
05:41ecstasy and ketamine.
05:43A full out.
05:44And he got off on all charges.
05:46Lucky boy.
05:48Not anymore.
05:48That's got to be the worst thing in the world.
05:53What, losing a partner?
05:55Yeah.
06:00Sorry, I know you.
06:01That's all right.
06:02Big Bob Logan.
06:05Lovely northerner.
06:07From Whitby.
06:09Used to like gravy on his chips.
06:12And every chippy on our beat knew that it was his favourites.
06:15They did it for him special.
06:17Got stabbed in the pub,
06:18breaking up a fight.
06:19Nothing I could do.
06:26Run.
06:27Target's sighted.
06:32Call it in.
06:34Oh, guys!
06:36Get on the floor!
06:38Get down!
06:38Get down on the floor now!
06:40Get down!
06:41Get on the floor!
06:42Get down!
06:42Get down!
06:43Get down!
06:53Theo Carson.
06:54What is this?
06:55Like you don't know, son.
06:58I'm arresting you on suspicion of the murder of PC Nick Bentley.
07:07I didn't kill him.
07:11You.
07:12Tell them so they understand.
07:16Fingerprints on a plastic bag doesn't even prove he was dealing.
07:20He could have bought a sandwich, thrown the bag away.
07:22Somebody else could have filled it with drugs.
07:24See?
07:27She's good.
07:28Thank you very much.
07:29If you let me do the talking.
07:31Where were you at the time of the murder, Theo?
07:33Not there.
07:34Show me the murder weapon.
07:36Prove Mr Carson used it or you're going to have to let him go.
07:40Exactly.
07:40We know you fired shots, Theo.
07:44We've taken gunpowder residue from your hands and your clothes.
07:48But you don't have a gun to match it.
07:50What did you do with the gun, Theo?
07:54Did you take it home or throw it away?
07:57Whatever you did with it, I promise you this, Theo.
08:00Our lads in uniform will find us.
08:02I don't know if you two are hard of hearing, but they haven't, have they?
08:05So unless you have the weapon, you're going to have to let my client go.
08:11Carson's brief's absolutely right.
08:12If we don't have a weapon, we haven't got enough to charge.
08:15And we have got CCTV of him running away from the crime scene
08:19a few minutes after Ben, he was shot.
08:21So he was out for a run.
08:22No connection.
08:25Really sorry to interrupt.
08:27Metcall logged a call from the witness who saw the shooting.
08:29Phone number and billing address if you want it.
08:32Well done, Ange.
08:35It wasn't me.
08:36I didn't phone no one.
08:38This is your mobile number.
08:40Maybe.
08:41Would you have your mobile phone on you now?
08:44Maybe.
08:44How old are you, Jaya?
08:46Younger than you, that's for sure.
08:48So was the poor bloke who got gunned down last night on the South Bank
08:52just for doing his job.
08:53Now, can I have a look at your mobile phone, please?
09:04999.
09:053.47am.
09:07Snap.
09:08What did you see?
09:09Yeah, I didn't see nothing.
09:11My dad says, don't get involved, don't see nothing.
09:14Don't you're going to bring trouble on yourself?
09:16With all due respect, Jaya, your dad's an idiot.
09:19If we all keep to ourselves, what happens to the community?
09:21Not my problem, is it?
09:24It is now.
09:25Am I going to have to speak in court?
09:38Just focus on identifying the right person for now.
09:45Because number two...
09:46I saw him shoot the other guy and leg it.
09:51Good deal.
09:52So you got a witness?
09:54I'm telling you, I didn't shoot the pig.
09:57The copper.
10:01So why don't you tell us what happened?
10:06We were finishing our deal.
10:09Aid was all hyper-like, but he'd been jittery all along.
10:12Then, the copper comes round the corner, no warning, sees us and shouted.
10:18Aid just went off.
10:25Aid shot the cop in the leg first.
10:28Then he shoots him again in the stomach.
10:30Then, Aid starts shooting at me, claiming it was a setup.
10:33I'm shouting, telling him I hadn't done anything.
10:37Then I started shooting too.
10:39And you shot Aid Young.
10:41It was self-defence, man.
10:42I had to stop him.
10:44Well, you did that all right.
10:46I thought that copper would be all right.
10:48But you wasn't.
10:49That's not my fault, though.
10:50That's down to you, boys.
10:53And how'd you work that out?
10:57When I went round the corner, I see a copper in a doorway, just standing there, almost like
11:03he's hiding.
11:04See, what I don't get is, that bloke was injured, that copper.
11:11He wasn't dead.
11:13So why was this other copper just standing there?
11:18He could have been there, helped him, he let him die, not me.
11:30Gov.
11:30A bullet that killed Bentley matches Aid Young's gun.
11:37So Theo Carson didn't shoot Nick Bentley?
11:39But he did kill Aid Young.
11:41Weapons found on the building site off York Road.
11:44Carson's DNA all over it.
11:46Connects up with the gunshot as you retook from his clothes.
11:49Thanks, Teddy.
11:52So, no one gets charged with Nick Bentley's death?
11:56Not unless you want to arrest Aid Young's corpse.
11:58What about Theo Carson's evidence?
12:02A copper around the corner, not going to help.
12:06He shut the door.
12:13Do we believe Carson?
12:17Well, why would he lie?
12:19Same reason why dogs piss on lampposts.
12:22It's their nature.
12:22No, he knew his number was up.
12:26And it was the way he said it.
12:28It wasn't like he was trying to stitch anyone up.
12:30It was the fact that he couldn't understand it.
12:34Why are we even discussing this?
12:37Come on, Ron.
12:38There's no way one plot leaves another to die.
12:41Well, we've got a witness who says different.
12:43And it is our duty to follow it up, even if it is just to rule it out.
12:49And you're going to tell that to the uniform, boys, are you?
12:51I don't want you to say a word to anyone.
12:54This stays between us three for now.
12:57Expand the CCTV collection to get us a wider view of the area.
13:01See if there's any footage taken from any buildings near the crime scene.
13:05You are kidding.
13:06You want to pursue this?
13:07A police officer has died.
13:09We follow up every piece of evidence we've got.
13:18CCTV.
13:19Don't have any, sorry.
13:20You must own half the buildings around here.
13:24And I can see at least half a dozen cameras within 150 yards.
13:30You're telling me you have no closed circuit footage of that night?
13:34I didn't put new DVDs in the recorders.
13:37Well, that's very unfortunate.
13:41Have you got any DVDs of the night before the incident?
13:45I think so.
13:46And what about the night after?
13:48I think so.
13:50Well, excuse me, sir.
13:52But any other nights you forgot to put the DVD in?
13:56I don't think so.
14:01I'm sorry about the policeman getting shot.
14:04But like you say, it's unfortunate.
14:07I can't help you.
14:12No, he's been nobbled.
14:14Someone's got to him first.
14:16Come on, seriously.
14:16Can we knock this on the head now, please?
14:18You're seeing patterns that ain't there.
14:20No.
14:20It's probably a simple explanation.
14:22That's open your eyes, son.
14:23Someone's taken us for a couple of monkeys, mate.
14:28I mean, who knows the procedure, eh?
14:30Who knows where to look first?
14:31It's other old bill.
14:32I'm sorry.
14:33I just don't buy it.
14:34This ain't the bleeding 70s.
14:36We're not knee deep in corrupt coppers.
14:38And the kind of person who joins the force is not the kind of person who leaves a colleague to die.
14:4399 times out of 100, I agree.
14:46But let's just say this is one out of the 100 that ain't so pure.
14:48Just explain to me why you're so keen to take the word of a drug dealer over the word of a fellow officer.
14:54Well, that's fine, then.
14:55Every cop is the same.
14:56That's not what I'm saying, right?
14:57Right.
14:57Well, then we owe it to Nick Bentley to rule out Theo Carson's claim.
15:01How do we do that?
15:02Quiz uniform.
15:0911 years as sergeants.
15:11Never lost one, I don't know.
15:14Well, I don't see if there was anything else you could have done.
15:18We're all in shock down here.
15:20Bentley was a good lad, you know?
15:21Popular.
15:23Goalie in the five-a-side team.
15:24Probably would have been C.I.D. material for you boys in a few months.
15:30The lad who killed Nick Bentley didn't survive the shootout.
15:34But we have charged Theo Carson with his murder.
15:37Right.
15:38Now, if there's anything you need to make the case against Carson, just yell.
15:43We can make everything move a lot faster down here.
15:46Well, a lot faster than Ray Griffin, hopefully.
15:53Sorry.
15:54Well, I was just saying, Griffin was late to the scene.
15:58Not much cop as Bentley's backup, eh?
16:05Back on the booze, Ron?
16:07No.
16:08Just saying.
16:10Unfortunate.
16:11Hmm.
16:11And he's torn up about it.
16:13But there was an IRV and a Trojan unit that also didn't get there in time.
16:19True, but they were a lot further away, to be fair.
16:21Is there something you want to say, D.S. Brooks?
16:26Well, you must be disappointed in your men.
16:33Ray Griffin's a good copper.
16:36He didn't get there in time.
16:38Sometimes it goes like that.
16:39But not in 11 years under your command, eh?
16:46I've been round to tell Nick Bentley's mum my worst nightmare's come true.
16:55We're all hurting down here.
16:57If you start impugnant my officers, you'll be taking your goldnads back to CID in a paperback.
17:05Do we understand each other?
17:07Happy now?
17:12Or is there someone you've omitted to piss off?
17:15This is how we do it.
17:17Poke them and see if they bite.
17:19No.
17:20Not when it's one of ours.
17:22And not when he's grieving for one of his boys.
17:26So what?
17:27Everyone here gets a free pass, do they?
17:30No.
17:30They get what everyone else gets.
17:33Some basic courtesy and a little respect.
17:35Let me explain something to you, son.
17:37Just so as we understand each other.
17:39We set an example to the rest of society.
17:43So if anyone here falls below that standard, the gloves are off.
17:47So if people get a bit prickly or their feelings get hurt, that is tough.
17:52I can live with that.
17:54Got it?
17:55D.I. Chandler asked me to pass you this.
17:57Quietly.
17:58Nick Bentley's personnel files.
18:02Very good, Ange.
18:03Your staff.
18:04Do my best.
18:05Nick Bentley.
18:06Perfect record until about three months ago.
18:09Then there were a couple of written warnings, absences, turning up late.
18:13And then he stopped playing for the five-a-side team.
18:15What?
18:16Now, talking to the girls downstairs, there's something in the file that's not there.
18:20And what is that?
18:22He was gay.
18:24He'd never told anyone.
18:26Kept it hidden.
18:26Until one of the other PCs saw him outside a club in Soho, snogging another bloke.
18:32And don't tell me.
18:35That was about three months ago.
18:40So he was gay.
18:41So what?
18:42Loads of coppers are gay.
18:44And there are loads of people who ain't happy about it.
18:46Look, I can believe Nick Bentley took some stick.
18:49And maybe it knocked him a bit.
18:51But everyone gets stick.
18:52You're too tall.
18:53You're too short.
18:54You're too fat.
18:54You're too thin.
18:55They called me Mick for the first six months because my family are Irish.
19:00It's just banter.
19:01Late backup isn't banter, Matt.
19:05What, so now his backup was late because he was gay?
19:10I'm saying it's a possibility.
19:13Just humanly, right?
19:15I mean, why don't we check all the facts in Griffin's statement, let him talk us through it,
19:19and if it all looks kosher, I will let it go.
19:23I promise.
19:31I was on the corner of Leak Street when I realised the mistake.
19:36So I turned round and ran the other way.
19:40Fastest I've ever run.
19:42I barely breathed by the time I got there.
19:45Nick was on the ground.
19:47Big pool of blood coming out of his fire.
19:51The dealer had been shot in the head.
19:53I tried CPR, but Nick was already dead by then.
19:57The IRV and the Trojan turn up a few moments after that.
20:01Well, thanks, Ray.
20:05You know how it is, mate.
20:06Everything by the book.
20:07We have to double-check all the notes in your evidence book.
20:10Just have a look at this map, though, for a second.
20:15You might be able to clear something up for us.
20:18Of course.
20:20Right.
20:25Crime scene was in Creek Street.
20:27Yeah?
20:28Now, you said you was originally at Waterloo Station.
20:35And then you mistakenly went to Leak Street, which is there.
20:38Yeah.
20:39Well, me and Matty, just out of interest, we actually did that route.
20:46Well, when I say we, I mean Matty did all the running.
20:49I just stood there with a stopwatch.
20:50I don't get you, Ron.
20:53Well, I'm pretty sure you'd agree that Matty is probably a little bit fitter than you.
20:58A lot of fitter, I reckon, yeah.
21:00Yeah, absolutely.
21:00A lot of fitter.
21:01But from the time you got the shout to the time you actually radioed in to tell him you
21:12was at the scene was four minutes.
21:19If you say so.
21:22Well, Matty had one hell of a job managing to run from Waterloo down to Leak Street,
21:27then up to Creek Street, the crime scene, in that time.
21:31Four minutes.
21:32Four minutes.
21:33I mean, it took him almost eight minutes, and that was at full pelt.
21:41If you weren't so sure, I'd even go so fast to say it couldn't be done.
21:48Well, I probably never made it all the way up to Leak Street.
21:51Just felt like it, you know.
21:57Sorry, Ron.
21:58Yeah.
22:02You said you were in the corner of Leak Street.
22:05Yeah.
22:08Oh, my.
22:09I got a bit confused there.
22:13Yeah.
22:14Well, you know what, Ray?
22:18They're serving a disciplinary of you.
22:20Why is this suddenly a disciplinary matter?
22:23Like I said, it's only procedure.
22:25It's just that your memory and your signed statement aren't matching, are they?
22:30And we need to ask you a few more questions, just to make absolutely sure.
22:34Now, is there anything else that's confusing you?
22:39No, Sarge.
22:41My statement is my best memory.
22:45Did you like PC Bentley, Ray?
22:48Sorry?
22:51You and Nick Bentley, did you get on?
22:53I didn't really know him that well.
22:55The other night was only the second time we've been out on the beat together.
22:58He was a lot younger than me.
23:01We mixed in different groups.
23:03Did you know he was gay?
23:07No.
23:08I didn't know that.
23:10Really, was he?
23:12Got an opinion about gay men in the police force, Ray?
23:15Not especially.
23:18Sorry.
23:19How does this relate to Bentley's death?
23:23Huh?
23:23He was shot by a dealer because he was a copper.
23:27Not because he was a gay.
23:37No, you're right, Ray.
23:39Absolutely.
23:40Thanks.
23:42That'll be all for now.
23:48The more you look at Ray Griffin's account of events, the more it falls apart.
23:54The evidence backs up Theo Carson's statement.
23:57You still don't get the motivation, though.
23:59There's no history of any animosity between him and Bentley or him and any other gay officer.
24:04All right.
24:08So, maybe you're right.
24:09Maybe there is something dodgy.
24:10Well, listen, I'm praying it's not, Matt.
24:13You've got to believe me.
24:17What have you got?
24:21Ray Griffin is branch chairman of something called the League of Faith for Christian Officers.
24:27It's a hard-line religious group within the station, and apparently a lot of the older uniform movers and shakers are members.
24:36So what?
24:36So, they bar membership to all gay officers saying that it's whatever, it doesn't fit with Bible teachings.
24:45Anyway, I dug around, and Nick Bentley's a former member, and said he'd never admitted to being gay.
24:53It's the best way of putting people at their ease.
24:55Especially your immediate superiors.
24:58Be like them.
25:00And until three months ago, Bentley was.
25:04He was spotted off-duty with another bloke.
25:06And that would really piss off Ray Griffin.
25:10Yeah, but still piss him off enough to leave a man to die.
25:16Mum.
25:17Mum.
25:17Mum.
25:18Mum.
25:18Mum.
25:18Mum.
25:19Mum.
25:19Mum.
25:20Mum.
25:20Mum.
25:21Mum.
25:21Mum.
25:22Mum.
25:22Mum.
25:23Mum.
25:24Mum.
25:24Mum.
25:25Our governor has squared it by the DPS and the IPCC.
25:29They're happy that this is a public interest case worth prosecuting.
25:34Ray Griffin had a duty of care which he failed to provide.
25:37Do you want to charge a serving police officer with manslaughter gross negligence?
25:41If we can't police ourselves why should we expect the public to trust us?
25:47You've got to see the hornet's nest this will stir up.
25:50Isn't it best to keep it as an internal disciplinary issue?
25:53James, why do you do your job?
25:55To make a difference?
25:56To make a contribution.
25:57And you do it brilliantly, if you don't mind me saying.
26:07However, let's assume someone in the CPS was wrongly prosecuting people, victimising people,
26:13basically undermining all that wonderful work you do in the eyes of the public.
26:17Ronnie.
26:18No, no, no.
26:19Come on.
26:20What would you want to happen to them?
26:22I'd want to see them exposed and punished.
26:25Precisely.
26:26Ray Griffin tells us all.
26:28How are we supposed to get new blood into the police service if an officer like Griffin
26:34gets away with it?
26:35Late backup isn't manslaughter.
26:37Have you got any medical evidence?
26:39We spoke to the paramedics and the pathologist.
26:42If Griffin had gone to help Bentley even a couple of minutes earlier, he might have survived.
26:47Ray Griffin left a fellow officer dying because the lad was gay.
26:58We'll look at it.
27:01No, no.
27:02Go for it.
27:03Yeah.
27:04No, Ronnie's in there right now.
27:05He's talking through possible charges with James at the moment.
27:08Yeah.
27:09No, I haven't forgotten.
27:10Yeah.
27:11Will do.
27:12Bye.
27:13It's like having two months.
27:16How are you, anyway?
27:22Some days are good.
27:25Last week I thought the whole world knew everyone was looking at me.
27:29Well, if you need anything, you know, if you just want to talk, or not talk, or just company,
27:37you know.
27:38Nothing funny, I'm not cracking onto you.
27:40Why not?
27:42I'm not broken, Matt.
27:46Look, I'm...
27:49I think about what happened to you a lot.
27:52Well, I wasn't sure if I should mention it.
27:57I'm a bit crap at this.
27:58Just be the same.
28:01Same's always.
28:05The issues to be left to the jury are whether a duty of care was owed to the deceased,
28:13whether there had been a breach of that duty, whether the breach had caused death.
28:24Archibald.
28:28Ray Griffin did not cause Nick Bentley's death.
28:32Ade Young fired the bullets.
28:35The fence will pile up ballistics, forensic, and eyewitness evidence from Young's fellow drug dealer.
28:42It is a non-staff.
28:44I disagree.
28:45Or do you now?
28:46The bullet caused Bentley's injury.
28:49The omission to act caused death.
28:51If Griffin had intervened, Bentley could still be alive.
28:54Can I just remind you that we owe our whole existence to a good relationship with the police.
29:00If we go after this, I will have to explain to the DPP exactly why we are committing institutional suicide.
29:08So we never prosecute police because we need their goodwill?
29:11No, correction.
29:12We never prosecute anyone unless we have a rock-solid case.
29:17And manslaughter across negligence is one hell of a leap.
29:21Gay police have been out of the closet for years.
29:24You heard of the GPA?
29:25George, we're talking about one man, not the entire police police.
29:29Except that when the media gets a hold of it, he will be held up as representative of the entire police service.
29:35That's the whole point.
29:36By prosecuting, we'll show that he's not.
29:38Ray Griffin had knowledge and experience.
29:41His refusal to assist cost Bentley his life.
29:44I'm not going to let one bigoted police officer destroy the reputation of the entire police service.
29:51Public office is an honor and a responsibility, and abuse of that position has to be punished.
29:59You build me that rock-solid case, but it'll need to be properly robust.
30:05If a police officer was left to die because he was gay, then we'll get the bastard who abandoned him.
30:18So, are you a member of the League of Faith for Christian officers?
30:21No.
30:22I'm not a member of the dance team with a line-dancing either.
30:26Do you think it's reasonable for them to refuse admission to gays?
30:29It's a club.
30:30Clubs have membership rules.
30:32I can't stop them.
30:33Do I think some of the officers here aren't wild about gays?
30:40Yes, I do.
30:42Just as some of them are not wild about people with non-white skin.
30:47Just because people talk crap in their private lives does not make them bad police officers.
30:52Do you think Ray Griffin left Nick Bentley to die?
31:03Go and talk to the people who live around here.
31:07Ask them about Ray.
31:09They love him.
31:11And they feel safe when he's around.
31:14You didn't answer my question.
31:16He says he misheard his radio.
31:19I believe him.
31:21Would you mind if I spoke to the officers who knew Griffin and Bentley best?
31:27Ray looked after me.
31:30Ever since I joined, he knows everyone.
31:34Every corner of this manner.
31:36What did he tell you about that night?
31:38Nothing.
31:40He didn't talk about it with you?
31:42Mentioned in passing.
31:44In passing.
31:47Why are you trying to trip me up?
31:50I knew you'd do this.
31:52Barney, I'm not trying to upset you.
31:54I just want to get to the truth.
31:56No, you don't. You just want to stitch him up.
32:01Why are you going after him?
32:03Nobody understands. It could have been any of us.
32:08And we're all gutted for Bentley, but we can't bring him back.
32:13That dealer killed Bentley, not Ray.
32:16End of.
32:27It was a laugh, Nick.
32:29It was a great bloke to be on beat with.
32:30You could always see the funny side of things.
32:34From the rota, it seems you and Nick would pair together pretty often.
32:38Yep. Put the gays together, whatever. You learn to expect it.
32:43Is that why you transferred across the river here?
32:44Listen, I've still got a career to build. If it looks like I'm snitching, trouble will just follow me.
32:53Abby, we're investigating whether Nick was left to die because he was gay.
32:59Is there anything you think might be relevant?
33:09There was a leaflet pushed under the doors of mine and Nick's locker.
33:14God gave them over to degrading passions. The man abandoned the natural use of the woman and burned in their desire towards one another.
33:25Men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty for their error.
33:32Romans 1, 26 to 27.
33:35Ray Griffin's DNA was all over that leaflet. That proves state of mind.
33:39And what connects state of mind to the crime?
33:42Ray Griffin failed to act as a reasonable person should in the circumstances he breached his duty of care.
33:49And did that breach cause Bentley's death? No. The bullet did.
33:54Yes, but he could have prevented it. There was deliberate recklessness.
33:57We have to prove criminal omission, and we haven't good enough.
34:01Now, you tried, but it ends here.
34:03Right. No manslaughter charge against Ray Griffin.
34:06George, please! I said no!
34:08All right then, misconduct in public office. Same sentence in power as manslaughter.
34:13Ray Griffin deliberately misconducted himself by leaving Bentley to die.
34:18James is right. Griffin lied in his police interview about how far he ran, about whether he knew Nick Bentley was gay.
34:24He's undermining the uniform.
34:25I'm not letting this go.
34:32Maybe...
34:34Maybe you might make it home with misconduct.
34:37If you had that missing CCTV.
34:42It's too much of a coincidence that it went missing.
34:46Is Griffin close to?
34:48Is there anyone that you might confide in?
34:51Barney Goodison.
34:52Griffin was his mentor since he joined.
34:57I just want to keep Matt down. I don't want to upset anyone.
35:01Why would you be upsetting anyone, Barney?
35:04I wasn't there that night. I don't know what happened.
35:08Then what are you scared about?
35:10I'm not.
35:11Well, you think you won't have a future in the police force if you upset Ray Griffin.
35:14You put in words in my mouth. He said you'd do that.
35:17Then tell me your version.
35:21I don't understand. He's a good bloke Ray.
35:25He looks after a lot of people.
35:28He's been good to me.
35:32Did he tell you what happened the night of Nick Bentley's death?
35:34You have a duty as an officer to tell me.
35:42Barney, if we don't find out what happened, we can't stop it happening again.
35:48And you'll be responsible.
35:50He asked me to get something for him.
36:00What was it?
36:08Ray sent me round to the property owners to get out with the footage before anyone else did.
36:14He told me to destroy it.
36:18He said things might get misinterpreted.
36:23This looks pretty clear to me.
36:26I didn't know what to do. He's been so good to me, Ray.
36:31I was just gonna bin it.
36:35But then I took a look.
36:39There are six different cameras from all around the scene.
36:41And according to the transcripts of the calls, this is after Nick Bentley had been shot and was begging for help.
36:51He stood there.
36:53He just stood there and waited.
36:56How long's he stand there for?
36:58Five minutes, I counted.
37:00When he could have been giving his colleague first aid.
37:05I told him I watched them.
37:07He went mad.
37:08He told me to hand them over, but I said no.
37:13Ray said he wanted to explain.
37:17He said...
37:21He left it up to God.
37:24He didn't get a sign from God, so he didn't go to help.
37:29He said he thought it was God's will.
37:30He said he thought it was God's will.
37:32He said he thought it was God's will.
37:34Ray?
37:38Is this how it happens?
37:39Raymond Griffin.
37:40I'm arresting you on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
37:44No cuffs.
37:45Head up.
37:47I'll go with honor.
37:49I'm arresting you on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
37:52No cuffs.
37:53Head up.
37:55I'll go with honor.
37:56I'm arresting you on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
38:00No cuffs.
38:01Head up.
38:03I'll go with honor.
38:05I'll go with honor.
38:26Lady, the charge of misconduct in public office is the last refuge of the desperate.
38:32I mean, this might be a matter for internal police discipline, but not criminal proceedings.
38:38Mr. Steele?
38:39As a public officer, Mr. Griffin deliberately and without reasonable justification
38:44neglected his duty resulting in PC Bentley's death.
38:47Then why not prosecute a charge of manslaughter gross negligence?
38:51Because the Crown knows that such a charge would never succeed.
38:55My lady, Mr. Griffin's actions that night damaged the service and the character of every police officer in the city.
39:02The Crown argues that public officials must be held to the highest standards.
39:08My client may have made an error of professional judgment for which he's been systematically victimized by the Crown.
39:15Mr. Griffin left the real victim of this crime bleeding to death on a London street.
39:20The Crown will call evidence of Mr. Griffin's homophobic beliefs which led to that action and contributed to willful misconduct.
39:27Thank you, Mr. Steele.
39:37Mr. Ridley, your application to dismiss is, uh, refused.
39:42Mr. Griffin refused.
39:56Where is she?
40:00You asked her?
40:01Good God, no.
40:02now. Have you? Not really. It's been hard to find the time. Goodness sake, you're a
40:14friend. You find the right time. Ask her how she is. Then let me know. So the key issue
40:29is whether the wounds were treatable, whether emergency assistance could have prevented
40:34or delayed death. Listen, you should be more involved in this one. We'll split the witnesses.
40:49You call the pathologist and Sergeant Drake. Really? Yeah. Keep them both focused on
41:04Griffin's duties and the extent of his misconduct.
41:07What? You've done all the research, all the prep. You know it better than I do. And
41:27that's the only reason? You're ready. You're doing this to make things better. It's a sympathy
41:34thing. Don't look a gift to what's in the mouth. You're ready to step up.
41:43Thank you. I won't let you down.
42:04what?
42:13So.
42:30sergeant drake how long have you known ray griffin ray griffin and i have worked together for nine
42:42years during which time i find him to be an exemplary officer highly valued by the community
42:48he serves could you recite the first line of the police oath which you and ray griffin took when
42:54you joined the service please i'm sorry the oath taken by every police officer could you recite the
43:00first line i do solemnly and sincerely declare and affirm that i will well and truly save our
43:09sovereign lady the queen in the office of constable without favor or affection malice cyril will thank
43:16you could you read the text on the front of this leaflet
43:19for man lies with a male as those who lie with a woman both of them have committed an abomination
43:36and they shall surely be put to death leviticus 2013 ray griffin produced that leaflet and placed it
43:44under the locker of gay pcs abby malini and nick bentley sergeant drake would you agree that such
43:53an act contradicts the police oath by in fact demonstrating ill will and malice towards gay
44:01officers we are a country that believes in free speech would you expect an officer under your
44:05command to come to the aid of a dying man well every circumstance is different there may well
44:10be a risk do you regard it as a police officer's public duty to assist a dying man yes so if an officer
44:19failed in this duty he wouldn't just be in breach of his oath he would be guilty of misconduct
44:25the bullet severed the femoral artery causing massive loss of blood how long did it take nick bentley
44:35to bleed to bleed to death according to the evidence i read a little over four minutes so if help had
44:41arrived within four minutes would pc bentley's chances of survival have increased absolutely thank you
44:48no further questions
44:50pc bentley's chances of survival would have increased you say but not certain it's impossible to be certain
45:05well you're certain of the cause of pc bentley's death well yes as i said the bullet severed his femoral artery
45:11bullet from a gun shot by aid young in your expert medical opinion did pc griffin cause any injury
45:23to pc bentley no well if pc griffin had got to the scene more quickly given medical support would pc
45:32be bentley have survived it's possible but not certain she did well in there she'll be giving you a run
45:43for your money soon enough she does that anyway we've got a problem i just got the word from ridley's
45:50junior they're challenging the admissibility of the cctv footage limbo ridley added again
45:57there's a key part of your case if he gets that ruled over then you're in big trouble
46:02my lady this footage is such poor quality it's blurred and grainy it really ought to be excluded
46:13under section 78 at pace my lady this is the first time the defense have raised the issue section 78 is
46:21clear where there's little or no probative value to the evidence but the potential for serious
46:26prejudicial effect the evidence ought not to be admitted it's simply not safe to leave this
46:33footage to a jury m'lady quality is not good enough to be certain it's my client
46:39the jury should be left to decide that for themselves no i'm not with you mr steel the quality of the
46:47pictures leave too much to be desired the prejudicial effect of the evidence far outweighs any probative
46:55value it might have the cctv and any reference to it will be excluded
47:08what do we do now
47:11i told you i've got nothing worth saying in court barney the judge won't let the cctv and we need
47:17you as a witness you've seen it ray griffin talked to you about it you have to tell the jury i don't
47:23know what you're talking about i never sees no cctv of ray what ray is a good man a great officer
47:32he was just late that night please we need you to tell the truth without you ray griffin might not
47:43be held accountable for nick bentley's death i've got nothing to say i need to get on with my job
47:53someone must have got to barney i imagine ray griffin has friends everywhere not just in the police
48:05they must have put barney under pressure and you've got to do the same thing to ray griffin and the
48:09witness board take him apart james it's your only hope of winning i joined the force in 1989
48:18i have been proudly serving the community for 20 years my whole career has been about serving the
48:26public what's your opinion of gay police officers pc griffin if they get on with the job don't bother me
48:35i don't mind i just follow what it says in the bible what church do you attend i've never found
48:47one that worked for me but my faith is very important you're not really a religious man at
48:54all i i beg your pardon you don't belong to a church you lift phrases from the bible out of context
49:02devoid of comprehension to justify your own prejudices this is bigotry masquerading as faith
49:09isn't it you're an insult to all those people who actually have genuine faith i've failed to see how
49:15the private matter of pc griffin's faith is relevant the pc griffin's beliefs are central to his motive
49:23for misconducting himself move on please mr steel
49:33where were you when pc bentley lay bleeding to death i was making my way down from leak street
49:40i misheard my radio i got there as fast as i could
49:49you're quite certain about that hundred percent how many times in your career have you misheard your
49:56radio i couldn't say offhand it's rare but it happens i ran to creek street as soon as i realized my
50:05mistake so why don't the times of your supposed run add up pc griffin because i didn't make it all
50:11the way there it didn't happen at all as you describe did it you didn't mishear your radio
50:18you heard nick bentley being shot you went straight to creek street and you refused to give him medical
50:23assistance which could have saved his life not true in failing to help him you misconducted yourself
50:28undermining every value you claim to have ever worked i tried my best that night you didn't just
50:34let nick bentley die you betrayed every ounce of trust the public has ever placed in its police
50:42officers didn't you i'm not the one who fired the gun sir do you know the parable of the good
50:49samaritan pc griffin of course i do what sort of samaritan are you i did that boy no harm
51:01nick bentley was 24.
51:06he was respected and loved by all who knew him he had a bright future ahead of him a future
51:16cut short by ray griffin's failure to assist him because nick bentley was gay in failing to help nick
51:26bentley the defendant deliberately misconducted himself and breached the trust we all place in our public
51:37officers
51:41there is no good samaritan law put simply we're not obliged to help one another whatever the events of
51:52that night pc griffin did not commit misconduct that's a serious charge with grave consequences
52:03would it be right to convict a well-respected police officer because a drug dealer killed his colleague
52:14no i urge you not to convict
52:21in relation to the count of misconduct in public office do you find the defendant guilty or not guilty
52:30not guilty
52:36no
52:37no
52:41no
52:43no
52:45no
52:47no
52:49no
52:51no
52:53no
52:55no
52:57no
52:58no
53:14no
53:18no
53:20no
53:22no
53:24Maybe we were wrong to go after him.
53:38No.
53:40We had a duty to nick them.
53:44Well, at least we've drawn a line in the sand.
53:47So it never happens again.
53:50You really think we've come that far?
53:54It'll happen again.
53:56And next time, we'll get them.