...just to take care.

You know, if they're traveling, then travel in twos and threes.

Take all the precautions that they need.

If you're calling a cab, then call a licensed cab.

Multiple entrances and exits all the way along the towpath.

There's no really confident way of placing whether our attacker lay and hid or whether it was a spur- of-the-moment kind of thing.

Helped by the fact that there's absolutely -- well, virtually no CCTV footage available for the site, which would probably give the reason why the attacker chose this particular spot.

Yeah.

And we've got two other rapes in a mile-and-a-half radius with an assailant who had a certain amount of forensic knowledge 'cause he's wearing a balaclava and gloves each time.

[ Police radio chatter ] I need a file on George Callaghan, done for rape.

Archive nine.

That's the file.

Amazing.

Thanks, Martin.

You're a genius, Martin.

Thanks very much.

This is sex offender and serial rapist, George Callaghan.

Recently released from prison after serving 10 years of a 16-year sentence for rape.

[ Sighs ] I don't know.

I think it could be this guy.

You know?

M.O.

's the same -- approaching his victims from behind, strangling them before he rapes them.

Those two were frenzied attacks.

This was premeditated.

Plus, he's got CCTV on his house as part of his license conditions.

He's had 10 years to work on improving his technique, so to speak, you know?

And, to be fair, if we're doing our jobs properly, we have to allow him to improve his character, Jack.

I don't know.

-Yeah?

-Hmm.

But worth checking?

-Always.

-Always.

How are you, George?

Yeah, yeah.

As well as can be expected, I suppose.

-Keeping well?

-Yeah, yeah.

-Keeping out of trouble?

-Yeah, try to.

Head down, trousers up, yeah?

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

-Good boy.

-[ Chuckles ] Where were you last night?

I was home.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-All night?

-Yeah, yeah.

I got home from work, and, yeah, I was at home all night.

-Watched the England game.

-Oh, yeah?

Yeah, yeah.

-What was the score?

-2-nil.

Who scored?

Well, Gerrard scored at the end, didn't he?

-Great goal.

-Yeah, it was a great goal.

Yeah.

Did you see the TV, the news, afterwards?

Uh, no.

I don't really watch the news.

No?

Because what's happened, really, is there's a rapist on the loose.

Yeah, I know about that.

Three victims, so far.

-Yeah, I know.

-Still haven't found him.

-God knows where he could be.

-Mm.

Did you do it?

No, I didn't do it.

No, I didn't do it.

WESTON: Well, where were you last night?

I was in the house.

I was watching the game.

Honest, I was.

I was in the house, watching the game.

I didn't go out.

You've got CCTV outside the house.

I didn't go out.

Can't get onto the server!

All right?

Hey.

-She okay?

-[ Sighs ] Just grim.

Man, I hate doing that.

I managed to get her to agree to the forensic exam, so we've got our DNA samples, but she doesn't want to take it any further.

So I think that's all we're gonna get.

Ah.

Victim details?

Um, her name's Diane Ackerman.

-Fuck.

-Chief Superintendent's wife's name is Diane Ackerman.

WESTON: Are you sure it's her?

Well, shit, I didn't ask her her husband's name, but she is married.

-Hold that thought.

-Um... Well, I guess that would explain why she doesn't want it to go any further.

Maybe she doesn't want this being dragged all over the police station where her husband works.

[ Sighs ] I will look after her, and we'll make sure that she's treated with dignity, obviously, sir.

What's going on?

STEELE: I don't know.

He just...

When did he get here?

He turned up a couple of minutes ago.

WESTON: Fuck, man.

Have they been in there for ages?

BELLAMY: I'm going to make this my priority, obviously.

And Detective Constable Steele will go down now and take a statement from Mrs. Ackerman.

Um, you know, I hope that you don't feel between you that she's under duress to give her statement just because she's your wife, sir.

No, not at all.

It's about control.

The rape victim has to be in control.

Okay.

-Well, again, you know -- -I know.

Thank you.

-Nice to see you.

-Thank you, sir.

STEELE: And at any point, either after you left work -- I'm not entirely sure of the distances involved yet.

So either after you left work or when you left the tube and walked along the canal, did you... You weren't followed at all?

Or notice anything like that?

I didn't notice anything.

No, I -- No.

No.

STEELE: And in that bar -- -He just came out from behind.

-Okay.

I didn't hear anything.

-I didn't see anything.

-Okay.

And in the bar when you went for a drink, before you got on the tube, you went there alone?

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

Um...I don't -- I don't want to seem rude or anything, but do you often go out and drink alone?

I just went for a drink.

It's not that weird.

And where was your husband last night?

Um, he was at a conference.

So he was staying away in a hotel.

[ Breathes deeply ] WESTON: [ Knocking ] Boss?

BELLAMY: Yep.

WESTON: Hi.

Obviously, under the normal circumstances, I'd do the usual background checks on Diane Ackerman.

-Is that something... -Proceed as normal, obviously.

Okay.

You okay?

BELLAMY: All good.

-[ Keyboard clacking ] -[ Breathes deeply ] Just some initial stuff from the background checks.

Um... A callout was made recently to the Ackermans' address over a domestic incident.

Um, Superintendent Ackerman apparently told the constables to get lost while Diane apologized profusely for wasting their time.

She's also -- She's got a bruise apparently that predates the rape.

-What do you think?

-[ Breathes deeply ] Okay.

Do you know what?

I think I'm gonna pop down and join Charlie.

So sorry to interrupt.

Diane, my God, I wish these were different circumstances, my friend.

Listen, carry on, okay?

STEELE: Okay, let's carry on.

DIANE: He came out from behind me... ...with a balaclava on.

And he had gloves on.

[ Breathes deeply ] [ Voice breaking ] And he really, really, really strangled me.

He really strangled me.

And then I woke up, and...

...I didn't have any underwear on.

[ Sobs ] I don't know what happened to my underwear.

[ Crying ] WESTON: How's Diane?

-You okay?

-STEELE: I don't know.

I just feel like she's not telling us something.

-What do you mean?

-STEELE: [ Sighs ] I don't know.

I find it very, very odd that she was sat there for, what, a couple of hours drinking on her own?

Did she say how much she had to drink?

Uh... She said she had a couple of glasses?

Yeah.

A couple glasses.

I've got the CCTV footage from outside the pub if you want to have a look at it.

She looks pretty wobbly.

STEELE: She looks hammered.

Yeah.

She wanders up here, and then, I mean... BELLAMY: Maybe she's just on tranquilizers or something.

It looks like it, doesn't it?

Listen, I did a quick check of the pub.

I got these two receipts.

And she had her two glasses of wine.

BELLAMY: Mm-hmm.

And then she also had a full bottle to herself.

A whole nother bottle?

And I think that would floor even the heartiest of Irish drinker.

That's more than two glasses, isn't it?

-You should know.

-Right.

So, why is she lying about that?

The only reason that we need to know about your drinking pattern is because if a rapist alleges that you gave consent to have sex with him, okay?

-I didn't give -- -If he did, if you had had a few drinks, there is a possibility that you weren't able to give consent, all right?

-That's why we're asking.

-I don't know.

Okay?

You know how much I had to drink.

You tell me how much I had to drink.

Okay, I was a little pissed.

Who doesn't like to have a drink?

Completely.

I totally agree with you.

But, ultimately, we're here to find this guy.

-Okay?

-WESTON: Boss.

I'm really sorry to interrupt.

The DNA stuff is in from the referral center.

There's nothing useful taken from the clothing or from Diane herself other than from the marks on her throat, which belong to a guy called Andrew Bourne, who runs an accountancy firm that Diane works for.

We have his DNA on file because of a drunk-driving incident six months ago.

Oh, really?

Okay.

Do you think maybe Andrew has anything to do with that bruise on her face?

Because I know it's not from yesterday.

It's a bit older.

She said she fell in the bath, but she didn't.

Why don't we just ask her?

No, Jack.

We're not just going to ask her.

She's a victim.

We're going to look after her.

This is like Day 1.

You understand that stuff.

The person I need to speak to, okay, is this Andrew... -Bourne.

-...Bourne guy.

And -- Take her into the witness suite.

Look after her, please, guys.

[ Door opens, closes ] She's shitting herself because of who she is.

[ Siren wailing ] Mr. Bourne, how did Diane come to work for you?

BOURNE: I've known her a long, long time.

Um...

I've known her husband, Howard, since university.

We used to play in the same rugby team.

God, I mean, she was looking for a job.

I was looking for a personal assistant.

It seemed to be a perfect fit.

And could I ask you what you were doing last night?

Um, I was working.

Diane left at some point in the late evening.

And then I stayed at home, alone.

You made several phone calls to Diane -after she left the office.

-Yeah.

WESTON: Why were you so anxious to get in touch with her?

-I was concerned for her.

-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

She really has not been... WESTON: 11, 12.

12 calls.

Okay.

Look.

As I say, I was very, very concerned for her.

She really hasn't been herself lately.

This is another photo taken of Diane yesterday morning.

What the photo doesn't show, Mr. Bourne, is that we have your DNA on her neck.

Can you explain why that might be there?

[ Sighs ] Okay.

I'm -- I'm really not proud of this, but I tried to kiss her.

Right, and obviously, I've misinterpreted something there, but that is all, and I would never, ever hurt her.

That doesn't look like a love bite to me, sir.

BOURNE: Okay, so, if you want to be interrogating someone, I suggest that you interrogate her husband, Howard, okay, because he's the one who hits his wife around, not me.

Okay, that's a very serious allegation against a very senior member of the police.

Yep, and, as I say, I suggest that you interrogate Howard, okay?

Because your Chief Superintendent is the one who's been slapping his wife around.

WESTON: Am I getting this straight?

Yeah, absolutely.

You know you're being recorded saying this?

I know how it looks and how it sounds, but that is the truth.

Do you want to know how controlling he is?

Right, Diane has her salary that I pay her paid directly into his bank account.

She doesn't have any of her own bank cards, okay?

He pays her an allowance, in cash, that she has each week.

Okay?

That gives you an idea of the sort of person he is.

I hope you can back this up, because the police will come down hard on you for this if you're wrong.

[ Knocking ] Charlie.

I've got the Chief Super's last credit-card statement.

-Pop the door.

-Yeah.

Um, there's a transaction from about a week ago with a locksmith's.

I gave them a call.

They said they were called out by a female matching Diane's description to change all of the locks in the Ackermans' house.

She must be terrified of him.

Yeah.

Yeah, it does look like Andrew Bourne's allegations might have legs.

Do you know what, Charlie?

Re-interview Diane Ackerman.

Hello.

Can you tell me a bit about your relationship with Andrew?

It's fine.

It's good.

The report came back and said that there was his DNA on your neck.

That's why I'm asking.

[ Sighs ] Okay.

Um... Yeah, he made a pass at me yesterday, okay?

I pushed him away.

That was it.

Nothing happened.

STEELE: Yesterday whilst you were at work?

Yes.

-Did you argue about it?

-No, we didn't argue about it.

I just left, okay?

I don't know what this has got to do with -- with... STEELE: Has it ever happened before?

No.

Do you have a credit card, Diane?

Debit card?

Bank account?

Where do your wages get paid to?

Do they get paid directly into your husband's account?

Does he have all of your money, then, and, what, pay you an allowance?

Because that's not normal.

That's absolutely controlling behavior.

Yeah.

Yeah, he is controlling.

[ Breathes deeply ] He, um... is always criticizing me and saying I should dress in a different way and speak in a different way.

I think he'd quite like it if I was a different person altogether.

But the question is whether she's gonna nail Ackerman.

-She has to.

-Well, she has to, but I just...

It's so sensitive.

You know, you start investigating your superiors... STEELE: Look at her.

Look.

WESTON: All we can do is support her.

BELLAMY: So, gossip corner.

Hi.

Let me guess the headlines of this conversation -- Chief Super bashes wife.

Am I right?

Look, this is a rape investigation.

We are going to look at who raped Diane Ackerman first, okay, before we tackle if Diane Ackerman -is a victim of domestic abuse.

-You're gonna -- Let's do it in that -- Let's do it in that order.

I need discretion, guys.

Yeah, we're not gonna talk with anyone else, but it's worth talking about between the three of us.

-Keep it within us three.

-Yeah?

To anyone else, talk about what was on telly last night or something like that.

Or who you're fucking, Jack.

-How about that?

-No one, as usual.

WESTON: George Callaghan is living with this woman -- Annette Walker.

This is the CCTV footage taken from outside Annette's house last night.

The relationship between George and Annette blossomed after Annette contacted George in prison while he was still serving his sentence.

He moved in with her almost as soon as he was released.

Must have been attracted to his sweet nature.

She leaves the house at 7:42 p.m. in her car to visit and feed her sick mother, Evelyn.

At 10:00 p.m., George's bedroom light goes out.

Other ins and outs apart from the front door and the garage are the back door, which leads onto an enclosed garden.

That enclosed garden backs onto two adjoining gardens.

So there is absolutely no way out the back.

[ Door opens ] -[ Door closes ] -Hi.

Sorry for keeping you waiting.

Here's your coffee.

-Thank you.

-Please take a seat.

Thanks.

WESTON: I'm sorry to have dragged you in at such short notice.

I mean, I can't apologize enough.

Obviously you know that we have been speaking with George Callaghan.

You're in a relationship with George.

Yes.

He lives with me.

He's my partner.

Fantastic.

So, have you arrested George?

No.

George is just helping us with our inquiries.

Is it about that thing that happened last night by the canal?

Do you know what?

To be honest, I can't really go into too much detail about it.

'Cause they said on the news... You know, people automatically jump to conclusions because of his past, but, you know, he's changed, and he should be allowed to move on... which is only fair, I think.

-WESTON: Absolutely.

-Mm.

I couldn't put it better myself.

Yeah.

[ Chuckles ] I just have a few very quick minor questions.

Where was George last night?

He was with me.

We were just in last night watching telly, apart from when I had to go out and see my mum.

But George stayed in.

And I had the car, so he couldn't have gone anywhere, anyway.

Anyway, you should be able to check all this on CCTV.

You lot put it up to monitor him.

[ Chuckles ] How long you been going out with Annette?

I'd say about 18 months.

She know all about all your... -Yeah.

-...dirty laundry?

Yeah, yeah.

There's no secrets between me and Annette.

Good.

Do you love her?

-Yeah, I do.

-She love you?

[ Breathes deeply ] Yeah, I think so.

-Hope so.

-Yeah, hope so.

Put up with me, she must do.

[ Chuckles ] From kind of a rehabilitation point of view, what happened?

What, inside?

Uh... Did you find God?

No.

I found a great therapist.

Yeah, my head doctor.

He sorted me out.

You know, the first couple of years were the hardest for both of us, I think.

You know?

It's hard to admit what you did.

And to then start to kind of address how you feel about it.

And George and Annette's stories -- They're airtight.

Corroborate everything that we've seen of the CCTV stuff.

But just the way the two of them acted in the interview room -- It just kind of freaks me out a little bit.

She's too weird.

He's too kind of smug.

-It just stinks.

-I know, I know.

The problem is, I have completely run out of time on Callaghan.

We've got to let him out.

WESTON: Don't.

I'm not...

It's the clock.

I've just spoken to the hotel holding the ACPO conference where Chief Superintendent Ackerman was a delegate.

He had the room overnight and was supposed to stay overnight, but he checked out early and came home, which contradicts what he told his wife and gives him time to have gotten back here... and carried out the rape.

I'll back you up on whatever you want to do with this.

I'm about to talk this through with the D.C.I., okay?

Just for me, keep Ackerman's name off the suspect board -- for now.

WESTON: How long do you need?

Half an hour.

[ Door closes ] STEELE: That bruise on your face, Diane.

Our medical examiner, who obviously has already spoken to you and has had a look at the photos, has told us that it's not consistent with a fall in the bath and that it's more like a punch or a slap.

No, I fell in the bath.

STEELE: I'm only going on what our medical examiner said.

-Did someone hit you?

-No.

-Did Howard hit you?

-No.

No, I fell in the bath.

STEELE: Is he aggressive?

Is he violent?

-[ Sighs ] -Did he hit you?

-Diane?

-[ Breathes deeply ] Because I can do something about that.

-You just have to talk to me.

-[ Sniffles ] -Yes.

-Yeah?

Okay, okay.

This is just me over here, but I will always call you.

I will never turn up out of the blue.

DIANE: I'm not gonna be making a complaint against Howard, okay?

-You've got to understand that.

-Okay.

Well, I think it's something that you should think about.

DIANE: It is something I've thought about.

You have no idea how important his job is to him.

STEELE: You have my number anyway.

I'm not gonna ask you to do -- DIANE: I don't want to talk about that any longer.

STEELE: I just want you to think about it, and if you change your mind, I want you to call me.

-Okay?

-Um, okay.

[ Breathes deeply ] Martha, come on, for fuck's sake.

I have been looking at the other two rape victims.

And both of them reported incidents of domestic abuse to the police.

So could someone be using our system -to scout out potential targets?

-What are you trying to say?

I mean, we already know that the attacker was forensically aware.

Could our rapist be a copper?

WESTON: That's a good question.

Diane's confirmed that the Chief Super's been hitting her and that bruise on her face is from him.

-Will she go to court?

-No, there's absolutely no way.

Okay.

I've got this.

Thank you.

Sir, apologies for the delay.

So... what's this all about?

Chief Superintendent, I do need to ask you where you were last night.

I was at a conference, but I came home early.

It was a drinking session, and I didn't really fancy it.

Can you corroborate that, sir?

HOWARD: No, I'm afraid not.

My wife and I are spending some time apart at the moment, and I am staying with a friend.

So I was at his flat.

9 Willow Mansions.

Don't be offended, but...

I do need to know if you can corroborate where you were at the time of the rape.

I'm not offended at all, but sadly, no, I can't.

I was on my own at home, I'm sorry to say.

WESTON: Oh, Boss.

How did it go with Ackerman?

Polite, professional.

Exactly what you'd expect.

But you know -- Still doesn't have an alibi for last night, Actually, he may not need one.

Andrew Bourne left Walbrook Road Tube Station at 8:42 p.m. last night.

That's the tube station that's closest to Diane Ackerman's house, which puts him in the area shortly before the rape.

BELLAMY: Ah.

And what have we got?

Anything to link him to the other two rapes?

Well, he has the same height and build as the attacker, and he also goes to the same gym as one of the previous two victims.

Yeah, and let's face it.

He is a man that has just been rejected, so we've got a motive.

I think we've got plenty to bring him in and search his house, okay?

Okay.

[ Turn signal clicking ] [ Police radio chatter ] Andrew Bourne.

We've met before.

I'm Detective Sergeant Jack Weston.

I'm arresting you on the suspicion of three counts of rape.

-You're not serious?

-I'm also arresting you for driving without a license.

You do not have to say anything, though it may harm your defense if you fail to mention, when questioned, something that you later rely on in court.

-You're serious?

-Do you understand?

I understand, but -- You're serious?

Now, under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act, I'm gonna search your premises and your vehicle.

Anything in your vehicle I should know about?

No.

OFFICER: Just calm down, sir.

BOURNE: Yeah, I'm perfectly calm!

I just want to know what this is about.

Are you going away somewhere?

BOURNE: For a few days.

Is that a crime?

WESTON: Okay, let's get Mr. Bourne taken back to the station.

Let's get a low loader here to do a full forensic lift on the vehicle and bring it back to the station.

-Okay, sir.

Thank you.

-Okay?

You got it?

Okay.

Let's hurry on this one.

Got Andrew Bourne.

Cheeky bastard was doing a runner.

I got the luggage in his boot.

I gonna go down and supervise forensics with the car.

Diane's still insistent it wasn't him.

Like, acts like she knows it wasn't him.

Wait.

No.

She doesn't know because it was dark, the attacker was masked, and she'd had a bit to drink.

Maybe she made a mistake.

Okay?

Sorry.

I'm actually struggling to understand why I'm here.

-Going somewhere, were you?

-[ Sighs ] Look, I-I've got a bag in the car because I'm going away for a couple of days.

-Yes, absolutely.

-Where are you going?

I'm going to see my mother.

If you'd like -- you know what -- you can phone her, right, and then she'll tell you -- you know what -- I arranged that weeks ago.

Hmm.

Okay.

We've been checking your travel records on your Oyster card, and apparently you exited an hour before the attack at Walbrook Road Tube, which is the nearest tube to Diane's house.

Can you explain that?

You know what?

I would like to speak to a solicitor, please.

-Where were the gloves found?

-Thanks.

-Were they found in the bag?

-Sarge.

You found anything useful?

The boss is in with Andrew Bourne right now.

Worth the wait.

Got the gloves.

Listen, I reckon this could be our guy.

STEELE: Boss.

Um... Chief Super Ackerman's got corroborated alibis for the two other rapes.

Holy God!

Oh, I feel like doing a little dance on the spot.

There's still the insignificant matter of him knocking his wife about.

Not forgotten, Charlie.

Listen, focus on Andrew Bourne's alibis for the first two rapes, okay?

I mean, you never know.

We might find three victims' DNA on those fancy leather gloves of his.

STEELE: I was looking through the notes from Andrew's original interview.

-Tell me.

-He said all that stuff about Diane not having a bank account, not having credit cards.

I rang her, and she swears that she never discussed it with him.

But I assume that she works off a laptop or a P.C.

in his house, where his office is.

So if you don't mind, I'd like to go and join the search team to see if I can get hold of that.

Yeah, go, go.

Good.

I will not be long.

Yeah.

I'll tell her now.

Yeah.

Boss.

Andrew Bourne's solicitor has just arrived.

God forbid I should have a cup of tea.

Okay.

If that's -- -I think you should.

-Okay.

I'd like to make a statement, please.

Um, I did leave my house last night in order to travel to Diane and Howard's house in order to apologize for having made a pass at her and hopefully to patch things up.

And I knocked on the door a number of times, and there was no answer, and that was it.

I went home.

Mr. Bourne, we have recovered a pair of black gloves from a toolbox in the back of your car.

Can you explain why they're there?

Uh... Um...

If it's -- If it's the pair of gloves that I'm thinking about, I-I think I used them maybe once to perhaps change -- I think I changed the spare tire with them.

Really?

It's just that they're a very smart pair of gloves to change a tire with.

They were what I had to hand.

That's it.

I don't know what else I can say.

I really don't.

STEELE: I've had a look through Bourne's laptop, and Diane did use it to access her e-mails.

There's a whole bunch of them between Chief Super Ackerman and her which start... well, as you might expect, lots of "I'm really sorry," "I really miss you," "I really love you," but once she changes the locks, he gets really, really nasty.

Sir, I've got some e-mails here that I'd like... -well, just to read a selection.

-My e-mails?

"Darling, I'm so sorry for last night."

HOWARD: They're for my wife.

But they turn actually quite nasty pretty quickly.

-"You're a fucking bitch."

-You got those from my wife?

"You're pathetic."

"You're nothing without me."

I mean, it's actually quite nasty, sir.

My wife gave you some e-mails.

All right.

Thank you.

STEELE: Actually, the tip-off about your behavior came from your best friend, Andrew.

Diane didn't say anything about this.

-Andrew?

-Yeah.

Forensic experts have also had a look at the bruise on Diane's face, and they say it definitely came from a slap.

And?

-STEELE: And?

-And what?

You can't prove that was me.

How long have you been at a friend's house?

How long have you been out of your home?

Uh... -A week.

-A week?

That bruise on her face is over a week old, so I assume that you were there when it happened.

There's a possibility that I was there when it happened.

There's a possibility you were or you weren't there?

Yes, I was there when it happened.

STEELE: So, how did she get that bruise?

I have no idea.

What do you think?

STEELE: I just find it quite strange that you would say I can't prove that that's you.

Well, you can't, can you?

As opposed to I can't prove how that happened.

It's just a strange... choice of words, I think.

All right.

Thank you for your supposition.

-Your wife's afraid of you.

-Really?

Diane's already revealed how controlling you are.

HOWARD: Really?

Her wages are paid into your account.

You control how she dresses, who she speaks to.

She has a curfew.

-Really?

-Diane's afraid of you.

She's so afraid of you that she's had the locks changed to your home.

Has she really?

She has told you all of this?

I hope you really know what you're doing.

I really hope you know what you're doing.

-Oh, I've done my homework.

-How old are you?

-26 1/2, sir.

-Oh, you're a young girl.

-Proud of it.

-A long way to go.

-I hope so.

-You made a mistake.

You know that, don't you?

BELLAMY: Well, we've all made mistakes, sir...

I'm not fucking talking to you!

...as CPS have confirmed that we have enough evidence to arrest you for actual bodily harm.

HOWARD: My lawyers will eat you up and spit you out.

As awkward as this is... you do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defense if you do not mention, when questioned, something which you will rely on in court.

Anything you do say may be given in evidence.

-Do you understand?

-Of course I understand.

Diane was so intensely determined not to take it any further.

I don't understand why he didn't just drop it.

He knew there'd be lots of gossip in the office about who the rape victim was married to, and I bet he wanted to be the big fucking showman, you know?

Getting his wife to make a statement, you know?

Be the big professional copper in front of all his minions.

Yadda, yadda, yadda.

It's pathetic.

[ Siren wailing ] I've just got one more question, and I'll get out of your hair, if that's okay?

Do you know someone called Beverly?

DIANE: From off the Internet?

Yeah.

How do you know that?

I promise I'll explain all in a second.

Just, can you tell me anything about her?

Um... [ Sighs ] Yep, Beverly.

She's somebody I met on a... um, forum for domestic abuse.

She has been in a really horrific situation with her husband.

You know, she's just somebody who's kind.

STEELE: How long have you been in touch?

-Four months.

-Okay.

She's been on a domestic abuse survivors forum.

Mostly swapping messages with someone called Beverly.

They've been chatting for about four months.

Diane's really opened up and told her absolutely everything.

But a couple of days ago, Beverly suggests that they meet last night.

-Really?

-Yeah.

She sent her an e-mail saying, "Well, let's swap photos so we can recognize each other."

Diane sent hers, and after she did, Beverly refused to send one back, saying that, "Oh, now I've got your photo, I feel really frumpy."

BELLAMY: So, Beverly didn't send a photo.

So, Beverly could be a man.

STEELE: Plus, Beverly was very specific that they meet in a café near the canal.

Sarge.

Yeah?

I got Beverly's phone number from Diane.

I tried to call it.

It wouldn't go through.

The phone company have confirmed it's a pay-as-you-go, which, unusually, is registered.

But the owner hasn't topped it up.

Hence why it's not going through.

The owner being Annette Walker.

-WESTON: Fuck.

-Callaghan's girlfriend.

So she's the one who arranged to meet Diane last night.

So George Callaghan's the rapist.

BELLAMY: I just feel we're missing something.

The domestic abuse forum sent me Beverly's I.P.

address, which is registered to Annette and Callaghan's house.

-Oh, there is more.

-BELLAMY: Tell me.

The other two rape victims have both been in touch with Beverly.

Okay, so, she leaves alone not long before the rape, but we've got surveillance, and the bedroom light is -- Callaghan's turning his bedroom light off at 10:00, so he can't be in two places at once.

Right?

Unless he's got the lights on a timer.

Unless he's got his lights on a timer.

Okay.

Let's get a search warrant.

-Yeah?

Great.

Okay.

-Now's the time.

Do it.

[ Police radio chatter ] WESTON: Okay, here we go.

Game face on.

[ Doorbell rings ] Do the door, man.

-[ Foot thuds ] -Okay, let's go, let's go.

[ Indistinct shouting ] OFFICER: Clear.

-Okay, I was right.

-STEELE: Sorry?

We got a timer on the bedroom lamp.

There's a doorway knocked through from the kitchen to the garage.

He's climbing through there, getting in the boot, -and then she's driving off.

-WESTON: Fuck.

-[ Cellphone buzzes ] -Can I get a dog camera, please?

WESTON: Boss?

What have you got?

BELLAMY: The tech team have been checking out the domestic abuse website.

-Charlie!

-STEELE: Uh-huh.

BELLAMY: Beverly has arranged another meeting tonight, Jack.

Have you been in touch with the victim?

BELLAMY: No, there's no number.

Okay, what car are we looking out for?

Ford Focus -- Lima, Delta, 59, Uniform, Sierra, Sierra.

Okay.

-[ Tires screeching ] -Fucker.

Come on!

-[ Horn honks ] -STEELE: Wait.

-Wait.

You going left here?

-Yep.

Fuck, that's it.

That's her, that's her.

-Okay, okay, okay.

Ready?

-Yeah.

Yep.

WESTON: Okay.

-STEELE: Okay, I'm out, I'm out.

-WESTON: Yep.

-STEELE: Annette!

-Annette, where's George?

-Where's George?!

-I don't know!

WESTON: Where's George?!

For fuck's sake, tell me!

-Where is he?!

-He's down there.

-STEELE: What?

-WESTON: He's down here.

[ Horn honking ] -STEELE: Where?

Where?

-WESTON: Come here!

[ Indistinct shouting ] Come here!

Come here!

You're nicked!

STEELE: Are you okay?

Are you okay?

George Callaghan, you're under arrest.

Do you understand?

Calm down!

STEELE: Get the balaclava off!

WESTON: I'm arresting you for attempted rape.

You do not have to say anything, though it may harm your defense if you fail to mention anything you later rely on in court.

Anything you do say may be given in evidence.

-Understand?

-[ Laughs ] Okay.

Get the fucking smile off your face!

Come on, cuff him!

[ Siren wailing ] Will you wait with her?

There's an ambulance coming.

WESTON: Okay.

Grilling them?

What's the play?

I think that, for now, we should treat Annette as a victim.

You're going in on George Callaghan, right?

Yeah, well, I think he's probably gonna implicate her.

We need to release Andrew Bourne.

-WESTON: Okay.

-BELLAMY: Okay.

Annette, how on earth have you got yourself into this?

I don't know.

I mean...

It just...

I wanted to do something.

Of course I did.

I mean, so many times I went to go and call the police, and it's like he could read my mind 'cause he would always, like, follow me and see who I was calling.

Why didn't you call the police before?

'Cause he said he...

He said that if I did anything, that he would know, and he said that he would kill me in my sleep.

He said he'd strangle me in my sleep.

Or he'd do something to my mum.

He'd go 'round to my mum.

And he'd push her down the stairs or something like that.

So I-I just didn't know what to do.

I never knew where he was.

I never knew what he was gonna do.

I mean... Did you think to try and escape the situation and leave?

Well, how -- how could I have done that?

[ Sobs ] [ Sniffles, cries ] BELLAMY: Do you want five minutes?

Yeah.

She did as she was told.

She's fucking weak, isn't she?

She's fucking innocent.

She did exactly what I told her to do.

So you whip her into action.

Make her drive you out.

-Hide you in the boot.

-Mm-hmm.

And then wait.

Don't give me that bullshit.

Oh?

You think it's bullshit?

-Yeah.

-Lions and lambs, man, right?

You want to know all the psychobabble bullshit?

Talk to the fucking doctors.

Talk to the doctors.

I'm not interested.

You want to go poking around in here?

Fucking go for it, man.

Annette, the thing is, when you contacted the women initially through the Internet, of course, you weren't passive in that.

I mean, you were doing that.

Yeah, but he made me do it.

It was his idea.

So, you knew what he was going to do to those women.

No, no, I didn't.

No.

But then when I saw it on the news and I realized what must have happened, and I asked him about it, he denied it.

But I thought, "No, it was him."

But, no, I didn't know he was going to keep on and on and on.

Right.

Even though you knew his history?

Oh.

He hadn't done it for a long time, had he?

I mean, people... change, don't they?

Anyway, I've really got to go because it's time for me to see my mum and cook her tea.

-So, you know.

-Annette, that's fine.

If you give me permission to use your keys, I can get, um... No.

She wouldn't like that.

She would not like that.

She's very particular, my mum, and she would not like a stranger coming to her house.

Annette, unfortunately, we've got some more talking to do.

-Sit down, please, Annette.

-No, I've got to go because I'm late anyway.

-Take a seat, please, Annette.

-[ Sighs ] Can I have the keys, please, with your permission?

This is fucking ridiculous.

-[ Door closes ] -How you doing?

He's smug, proud, but he's giving me nothing.

He's to blame, she was weak.

He forced her to do his bidding.

-Hmm.

That's predictable.

-Hm.

-Mine's very odd.

-Yeah?

Frankly.

Doesn't want us to go near her mum.

That's for sure.

-So first thing we do... -Search team?

Yeah.

Search team at Mum's, I'd say.

[ Sirens wailing ] WESTON: You're never gonna believe this.

Search team find Annette's mother in the dark, no heating, no gas, no electricity, covered in her own shit, hadn't eaten for three or four days.

-STEELE: No.

-She's been lying to us.

[ Sighs ] So, Annette, we've been to see your mum.

My goodness.

My dog lives better than your mum.

That was a shock.

She's a fucking dirty old cow, isn't she?

I thought you were looking after your mum.

Oh, you really like doing this, don't you?

You're enjoying this?

Getting off on it, yeah?

Do you resent your mum for having let you go into care?

Is that it?

Is that why you're treating your mum as you are now?

-[ Scoffs ] -No one to look after her?

-Is that it?

-No one said that about me, did they, when she was treating me like that.

-No.

-How was she treating you?

[ Scoffs ] She didn't want to know, did she?

She was just out with all her... her boyfriends, as she liked to call them.

Beating her up, beating me up.

She didn't care, did she?

She'd rather keep them than me.

And is the fact that you felt that you were at risk from the abuse and that your mother was being abused -- Has that got anything to do with the fact that all of the women that you contacted -- Oh, for fuck's sake!

You don't even know what you're talking about.

You're just talking a load of shit.

A load of crap.

All of the women were victims of domestic abuse.

Well, they had a choice, didn't they?

They didn't have to stay with men like that, did they?

They don't care.

So you feel you were trying to help these women?

Of course I was.

I was telling them no woman should put up with shit like that from any man.

And if you think you were trying to help these women, how good a job do you think you've done so far?

[ Chuckles ] Well, they're not gonna make the same mistake again, are they?

Put it that way.

Was that why you picked them?

'Cause they were like your mum.

Weren't they, really?

You were just cherry-picking out women that reminded you of Mum.

Is that it?

If you say so.

Were you so angry with your mum that you thought this was the best way to get back at -- I'm fucking angry at you for fucking holding me here when I haven't done anything!

I told you!

I haven't done anything!

Annette Walker, I'm going to, under the circumstances, arrest you -for conspiracy to rape... -♪ La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la ♪ -...and GBH.

-[ Coughing ] You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defense if you do not mention, when questioned, something you later rely on in court.

Anything you do say may be given in evidence.

-♪ I can't hear you ♪ -Do you understand, Annette?

♪ I can't hear you ♪ BELLAMY: Annette, do you understand?

I can't hear you!

BELLAMY: I've been very clear, but the response to caution was that she couldn't hear me, so I'm repeating -- Do you understand, Annette?

Do you understand, Annette?

Yes.