[tense music]
[train announcer speaking]
[feet stepping]
[wheels screeching]
[train horn blaring]
[seagulls screeching]
Ay!
Go on, steady as she goes.
That's it, come on, we've got it.
Danny, go on!
That's it, whoa, right on up there!
[he laughs]
Good lad.
[train hissing]
[door clicking]
[phone bleeps]
-[people chatting] -[dance music]
[can hissing]
[rain splashing]
[door shutting]
[splashing footsteps]
[torch clicking]
[gate rattling]
[fence clicking]
[rain beating on metal]
[jingling]
[dramatic music]
["Vera Theme" by Ben Bartlett]
[gearstick clunking]
[door opening]
[door closing]
[Vera] Aiden.
[Aiden] Ma'am.
[Vera] So what've we got?
Male fatality, teenage lad.
Stabbed sometime late last night.
[Vera] Got any ID?
Nothing so far, no wallet, no phone, pockets were empty.
What about CCTV?
Apparently all the cameras are on the blink.
Oh right, would be, wouldn't they?
Ma'am, I've just spoken to the yard owner,
Gary Mincham and he said he locked up last night.
Left around 9:50.
Yeah, I'll need to talk to him soon enough.
Get statements from that lot.
Ma'am.
-[dramatic music] -[seagulls screeching]
[plastic rustling]
Mornin' Malcolm.
So what can you tell us?
Single stab wound to the lower abdomen
from the look of all this blood,
probably sliced through an artery.
[plastic rustling]
I say he was stabbed by that boat over there,
manages to crawl, ends up dead where we found him.
Shoe tread here.
Probably the victim's own trainers,
there's blood all over the soles.
They look brand new, and there's some bling here.
Where's he getting money for that?
I'll leave that one for you to work out, shall I?
Murder weapon?
Well, easy to miss in all this junk.
I'll do a full sweep of the yard just as soon
as you get out from under our feet.
Well we'll try not to cramp your style, love.
Thank you.
[camera clicking]
So how'd the lad get in here if its all locked up?
Didn't swim here.
Hole in the fence.
Ground's been well trodden.
There's some fibers snagged here.
Yeah, coulda been anyone's.
Now, the wire's bent inwards,
so that's caught the clothes of someone stepping out.
That rules out our mystery lad,
he's not going anywhere so what?
In a hurry, careless, or nothing at all?
Get forensics moved over here.
Mr Mincham?
DCI Stanhope, now I take it this is your yard?
Aye, that's right.
And you were the last to leave last night?
Keel repair, owner needed his boat back out at sea.
Did you see anyone else when you left,
hanging around outside?
Not that I remember.
And is there any recent trouble we should know about?
Trespassing, break ins?
Local kids sometimes climb through the fence.
Aye, you wanna get those cameras fixed.
Never seem to get round to them.
[she laughs]
Now I'm going to need a list of all your employees,
customers, boat owners, anyone who has access to the yard.
That'll all be in the office.
Well better go see to it then.
[footsteps crunching]
Who was it found the body?
A local copper, PC Townley,
police were called in on a suspected break in.
PC Townley isn't it?
Turnly ma'am, Shawn.
Now DC Lockhart tells me it was you found the body.
Aye, routine call out, end of shift.
Oh he's not from round here.
Oh, you seem very sure of that.
Well, I've policed this town for years.
I know most of the local kids.
And they all meet up in the yard do they,
these local kids, that hole in the fence?
They know its somewhere they'll not be disturbed,
I mean, they can pass a bottle round, smoke a bit of weed.
Well, there's never been any trouble, I mean, not like this.
Who was it phoned the police?
Roy Brewer, bit of nuisance.
Why'd you say that?
He calls us out twice a week,
he's set himself up as a neighborhood watch.
Right, well, give us 10 minutes,
I'll get you logged out, we go talk to him together.
[seagulls cawing]
You told the police you saw someone acting suspiciously.
I was walking the dog, clocked it loitering
round the gate, place was deserted.
And what time was this?
Must've been about 10.
The call was logged at 10:15 ma'am.
I took a few photos, with my mobile.
Oh well, let's have a look.
[Roy] That's the fella, jeans and a padded jacket.
[Aiden] That could be anyone.
Can we take this with us?
Thanks love, you've been a great help.
Whole town's gone to the dogs.
[she makes an inquiring noise]
I mean, they've even broken in here.
When was this?
Must've been 'bout what, six weeks ago?
Came down to find the door kicked in,
not that the police did anything.
We followed it up.
Anything taken?
The till was empty,
but I still had to replace all the locks.
Oh, well.
Well, we know where you are love,
if anything else should crop up.
Well it's the last thing her dad needs.
Who?
Kayleigh, she's Gary Mincham's lass.
Turns up for work whenever she feels like it.
Right, we'll have a word, thanks.
Have you got a minute love?
Kayleigh, isn't it?
[Kayleigh] Dock my wages if I'm not careful.
Ah, you're alright pet.
You been working here long then?
Few months now.
That must've been a shock for your dad
finding that lad in his yard.
Suppose it must've, yeah.
What, you didn't see him this morning, then?
I haven't lived at home for a while, so.
Well, you ought to give him a ring love.
Haven't had the chance.
[Vera] Late night was it?
Bit of a party, down at the beach.
Ooh.
Came straight in to do the breakfasts.
I better get these washed.
Ah, you're alright lass.
Our witness, Roy Brewer, his beef with the police
is that something we should know about?
Oh, a lad had been giving him some lip.
Roy gave him a clip for his trouble.
He's lucky he got off with a caution.
Oh right, well you'd better get off, write up your notes.
Ma'am.
[Vera] Police find a body in her dad's yard
and she doesn't even call to check in.
Ah, teenagers, she was probably busy.
You'd find time, wouldn't you?
Something like that.
[phone ringing]
Kenny.
Ah, we've got the deceased on camera ma'am.
He arrived in Peyton yesterday at 16:46, traveled alone.
16:46?
Yes.
That would put him on the train out of Newcastle.
Good work Kenny.
We'll see you back at the station for a briefing.
[Kenny] Will do.
What?
Took the train out of Newcastle yesterday afternoon.
What's he doing in Peyton?
When he wasn't building sandcastles, I know that much.
[engine starting]
A teenage lad fatally stabbed in Mincham's boatyard
last night between the hours of 9:15 and 10:30.
Now he catches the train from Newcastle
up to Peyton and a few hours later, he's murdered.
We've run the victim's prints ma'am.
No record, still no idea who he is.
So what do we have?
A witness calls the police, reports someone acting
suspiciously outside the boatyard.
Now this is, Roy Brewer, who works in the cafe down
on the prom, fancies himself as a neighborhood watch.
Took some snaps on his mobile,
tech, they're still trying to enhance them.
Yeah, let's have a look.
Well, that could be our victim, or the killer.
Could be keeping lookout.
Could be unrelated.
I've had some intel back from mispers ma'am.
Male juveniles currently missing in Newcastle.
Ah, all just kids, six of 'em.
Ma'am.
[dramatic music]
It's our lad.
Lets see.
Caden Lennon, reported missing from care home six weeks ago.
[dramatic music]
Caden had lived here since he was 11,
been in care half his life.
What about his parents?
Mum's dead, dad walked out when he was still a bairn.
Now you reported Caden missing six weeks ago.
He started staying out late,
sometimes he wouldn't come home at all,
he'd always answer my texts eventually,
just to let us know he was safe.
The day he disappeared his phone died,
no word since, nothing.
D'ya have any other kinda trouble with him?
You alright love?
[cupboard closes]
Caden hated being in care, the stigma, the rules.
That put you at odds did it?
We talked about a pathway plan,
to smooth his way for turning 18,
then he tells us he's got himself a job.
Oh, where was this?
Ferry Cross estate, he grew up there.
Oh, I know it.
Then you'll know its not a place
for an impressionable teenager.
So this job, who's he working for?
A fella called Dave Miller, runs the community center.
You don't sound too impressed.
I just don't like his attitude,
filling Caden's head with ideas.
Have you spoken to this Dave since the lad went missing?
He told us Caden had packed it all in,
hadn't seen him since.
And when was this?
Just before he went missing.
It doesn't make sense, he'd never have abandoned Tyler.
Who's Tyler?
Oh, his brother, sorry I thought you knew.
The pair of them shared a room.
The police liaison officer called round this morning,
I woke him to tell him the news.
He hasn't left his room since.
[she knocks]
Tyler?
Police are 'ere.
They need to ask you some questions.
[Vera] And you hadn't been in touch
with your brother since he left?
I think he'd lost his phone.
The social services applied for a tracking order,
it was switched off.
So you've no idea why he was up in Peyton?
We used to go there on day trips.
With their mum.
She'd always light up at the sea.
Did Caden have friends there?
I dunno.
Now, I need to ask you this love.
Was your brother involved in any criminal activity?
No!
Now we know he got a job over on the Ferry Cross estate,
can you think of anyone he might've fallen out with?
Caden might have some issues, but he was a good lad.
Right well I need to go through some of his things.
I don't want them touched.
They just need to find out what happened.
It was your fault he left, you were always on at him!
[door slams]
There should be some clothes in the wardrobe
and boxes under the bed.
Ah, we'll manage love, you go on.
[door opens]
[door closes]
If Caden was homeless, sleeping rough,
might explain why no one missed him.
New trainers, gold chain, doesn't fit.
See if you can find anything here we can work with.
[door opens]
I thought you might need a photo.
His 16th birthday, we baked him a cake.
Tyler worshiped his brother, he fell apart when he left.
He's grieving love, he didn't mean those things he said.
I feel like I've failed them both.
[Man] Yeah he showed up here one morning,
said he was looking for work.
[Vera] So what did this job entail?
General dogsbody really, we get funding
for a couple of employment schemes.
Well we know he grew up on this estate.
Yeah, think he felt a connection.
Only place he ever called home.
Most people I know wanna give the place a wide berth.
Do you have a problem with gangs on this estate?
Well most of these kids have been written off,
gangs, drugs, knife crime,
we do what we can to keep them out of trouble.
Did Caden get involved in any of that?
I warned him to stay out of it, voice of experience.
So he asks you for a job and he packs it in
a couple of weeks later, there must've been a reason.
He started turning up late for his shifts,
said he had better things to do.
And you've no idea where he might've
been this last six weeks?
Only wish I could tell ya.
[tense music]
So what're we thinking?
[Aiden] Gets into trouble with a gang,
leaves in a hurry, they've found out
where he was, gone after him.
[Vera] Yeah, fits with a stabbing, doesn't it.
[bike brake screeching]
Oi!
Wouldn't harm to knock on some doors.
And no one's going to talk to us,
send everyone into the cracks.
Aiden?
Get onto the gangs unit, any intel they can give us.
We found traces of benzoylecgonine
in the victims urine, that's crack cocaine.
So if the lad was using,
chances are his death was drugs related.
Well we did find sharps and baggies
dumped on the wasteland behind the yard,
he wasn't the only one getting high.
Yeah, what about his injuries?
The knife nicked the colon hepatic artery,
extensive internal bleeding,
heart rate spikes, blood pressure rises.
Well he would've bled out in minutes.
You might want to take a look at his hands.
No defense wounds.
Exactly.
Nothing to indicate he put up any kind of struggle.
That suggests he knew his killer.
[Malcolm] Indeed.
Any other injuries I should know about?
Hairline fracture on the radius of the right arm here.
Probably years old.
What about those shoe treads we found at the scene?
They were a match with the victims trainers.
He's stabbed, staggers forwards, steps into his own blood.
So you've got nothing to help me find his killer?
I did recover some fibers from inside the knife wound.
They didn't match what he was wearing,
if the weapon was concealed in the assailants pocket.
So the fibers could've transferred onto the blade.
Polyester cotton mix, matches the fibers
that were snagged on the fence.
Possibly the lining of a jacket.
That's a good job I spotted those.
Well, you got lucky.
[intense music]
Ah, just caught you.
Now, these kids who meet up in that boatyard,
smoking a bit a weed you said.
Well, you're gonna get that in any town.
Caden Lennon had been using
the night he died, crack cocaine.
That puts a new slant on things.
Aye, doesn't it just.
Look, these past few months we have been a bit stretched.
Ah yeah, this recent spike in crime,
robberies, shoplifting, a couple of violent assaults
but that's usually drugs in the mix.
People thinks its all Z-cars up here,
seaside plods with no idea.
Yeah, working all hours, no support.
It's easy to feel overwhelmed.
You know they've even closed down the front desk.
[Aiden tuts]
So where was this lad getting the gear from?
[dramatic music]
[fairground music]
Right lets do the rounds with the folder,
see if anyone bites.
[fairground music]
[knocking]
Doing a bit of covert surveillance?
There's no law against it.
You've been cautioned before about community policing,
that lad you assaulted.
I gave the boy a slap, that's all.
There's plenty who'd say he deserved it.
Ever seen this lad?
Yeah, seen him a few times, hanging round outside.
You sure about that?
I thought he might a been cadging money.
[Vera] Seen him.
I heard the dead lad had been stabbed.
Who told you that?
Just talk at the club.
Which club's this?
The yacht club.
Can I take that?
Word of advice Mr Brewer, leave this to the police.
How did he know the lad had been stabbed?
It didn't come from us.
[dramatic music]
[arcade games blaring]
Tony Briggs?
Who's asking?
[Vera] DCI Stanhope, Northumberland and City Police.
We're tryna trace the recent movements of this lad.
No one I know.
Are you sure about that,
face's been seen here, several times.
I mighta seen him playing the machines,
this place is a magnet for day trippers.
Oh aye.
And we've reason to believe he was using drugs.
And you think he bought them off me?
We know you've got previous,
possession with intent to supply.
I've put all that behind us.
Then you won't mind us talking to some of your punters.
See if someone else can place him.
Be my guest.
And we'll also need to access to your CCTV.
Well then you'll need to come back with a warrant.
Ah, now that'd give you time
to wipe the tapes, wouldn't it?
This place is legit, I've got nothing to hide.
Then I suggest you wind your neck in
and let us do our job.
And I'll leave that one with DS Healy.
[dramatic music]
[coughing]
Can't you give us a minute love?
[bucket rolling]
[door squeaking]
[rustling]
[dramatic music]
Number on the card was unobtainable,
pay as you go mobile.
No surprises there then Kenny.
Tech have blown up those pictures
from Roy Brewer's mobile ma'am, no nope of an ID.
What's this transit van here, parked on the road.
Did Roy Brewer mention anything about that in his statement?
Mark, see if you can get a fix on those plates.
[typing]
Um, vehicle's registered to Gary Mincham.
Is it, indeed.
[door slams]
Is the gaffer about, need another word.
[Aiden] Yeah, I'm gonna go and check in with forensics.
Last time I looked he was in the office.
Didn't catch your name.
Alan, Alan White.
You worked here long?
Few years now.
Gary took us on as an apprentice.
Hmm, well don't let me keep you.
-[papers rustling] -[Gary sighs]
[knocking]
We've got an ID for the dead lad,
I thought you'd like to know.
Name of Caden Lennon.
Doesn't mean anything to us.
Been using drugs the day he was killed.
Sounds like he was asking for trouble.
And we know this yard is the meeting point for addicts.
If I'd ever clocked drugs in this yard I'd have
You'd what love?
I'd have put a stop to it.
[ominous music]
Now you told us you locked up at 9:15 night of the murder.
Aye, that's right.
So how come your transits still parked outside at 10?
I walked home, I needed to clear me head.
Any particular reason?
Bailiffs delivered a summons that morning, unpaid debts.
I was working out a way to break it to the wife.
Well, we know you owe the bank thousands.
Ha, been checking up on us?
A body was found here love, we'd do the same with anyone.
So how is business?
Not much call for working boats anymore.
We were getting by, repairs and maintenance,
yachts in the marina
and then someone started undercutting us.
We'd get a job lined up,
customer would pull out without warning.
Orders dried up overnight.
Few more weeks I'd have found the money,
then this had to happen.
Well we'll be out of here soon enough.
Now can anyone verify what time you got home that night?
We know your daughters not living with you.
You been speaking to Kayleigh?
Ah we've run into her down at the cafe.
She moved out a couple a months ago.
Bridie can vouch for us, me wife.
She was putting the youngest to bed.
[he sighs]
Some intel's just come through,
you know these recent crimes in the Peyton area?
[Vera] Yeah, go on, I'm listening.
We'll there was also a theft at the yacht club.
Three weeks ago.
At the yacht club?
Mm hmm.
That's Roy Brewers watering hole, isn't it?
Yeah, the managers car was broken into,
Nita Dajani and she gave a description to the police
of the suspect: male, late teens, early twenties.
Well lets see what else she can tell us.
[Nita] The car alarm went off when I was cashing up.
By the time I got out there he was running away.
[Vera] But you did give the police a description?
[Aiden] Was this the lad?
[Nita] He was wearing a hoodie, didn't see his face.
[Vera] You say a laptop was stolen?
[Nita] Hmm, I only bothered
reporting it to claim on the insurance.
Has this lad been arrested then?
His body was found in Mincham's boatyard.
I know the yard's been in trouble.
Common knowledge is it?
Club gossip.
And we know the manner of the lad's death
has been a source of speculation.
Last thing we needed was a murder.
I'm sure the lad didn't ask to be murdered, love.
[cutlery clanking]
Opportunistic break in, he nicks the laptop,
sells it on to finance his habit.
She barely looked at that photo.
Makes me think she's hiding something.
[people chatting]
Oh, not again.
[Aiden] Is he following us?
I've already cautioned you once about snooping.
I'm just enjoying an afternoon drink.
[chair scraping]
Night of the murder you rang the police at 10:15.
Soon as I got home.
Well why not call them straight away
from outside the yard, had your mobile on you.
I suppose I felt safer indoors.
Didn't stop you taking pictures.
I was gathering evidence.
I'm warning you sunshine, don't push your luck.
[seagulls cawing]
I can see you in one of them swanky flats.
Oh yeah, you gonna sort me out with a pay rise?
No chance.
Doesn't look like a town with a drugs problem, does it?
Urban regeneration, for those who can afford it.
[phone ringing]
And that tip of a boat yard is right in the way.
Kenny.
Ma'am, we're at Peyton Links.
We might have found a new lead.
Eyewitness puts Caden Lennon down on the beach.
Right, give us 10 minutes, we'll meet you there.
You'll have to eat that on the way.
[flags flapping]
[waves crashing]
A holiday makers contacted the police.
Her kids were taking lessons at the surf school,
said they'd been offered drugs.
Ah, fits the description for Caden Lennon.
Well what you doing standing here,
get someone over to that address!
Lets do a sweep with the photo,
I'll go talk to David Hasselhoff.
-[flags flapping] -[foghorn honking distantly]
A little bird tells me there's been
a bit of drug dealing down here.
Who's told you that?
A parent who's kids were approached by this fella.
Maybe speak to the woman who made the complaint.
She left her kids in your care.
I might've seen him, can't be sure.
Beach can get busy this time of year.
This surf school, its your business is it?
Nah, teach a few lessons to pay the way.
So where's home?
Camper van parked up top.
Saturday night I hear there was a bit of a party.
Aye, we sank a few beers.
You see Kayleigh Mincham on the beach?
She's always down here with her mates.
Pass off without incident, did it, this party?
As far as I know.
What, all peace and love was it?
Just the surf crowd letting off steam.
If that was all, I've got a class to finish.
How'd you get the fat lip?
Came off the board in the shallows,
it can get pretty rough out there.
Oh aye.
Well go on then, go catch some waves.
[Surfer] Come on guys.
[sand crunching]
[dramatic music]
Ma'am we got a statement from the woman in Washington.
She has ID'd Caden Lennon as the lad selling drugs.
Yeah and we know that he has been
meeting people outside the arcade.
Yeah, Roy Brewer kept a log in his notebook.
Yeah well that woulda been a list of his customers,
Beggars Casino, Peyton Links, Mincham's boatyard.
[Aiden] Yeah he certainly gets around.
So how does this new intel tie in with this murder?
Well disgruntled customer, rival dealer.
Yeah, you can't rule out robbery
he woulda been carrying cash.
Yeah well now the thing is where's
he getting these drugs in the first place, hmm?
Up in Peyton or here, in Newcastle?
A 17 year old lad, he's got to be working for someone.
Yeah, right.
We run that check on Tony Briggs' boys,
another one with previous, registered addict,
Declan Price, he's come away on probation
with a drugs abstinence order.
That's the fella who was mopping up
the floor in the gents.
Get your coats.
[dramatic music]
I've gotta go, bye.
That's all I'm saying, take care of yourself, yeah, alright?
I've gotta go.
Declan's been clean for months, ma'am.
Yeah well he missed his last meeting
with his probation officer.
[knocking]
Mr Price, its police, could you open the door please.
[banging on the door]
Mr Price, can you open the door, love.
DCI Stanhope, remember me love?
Now's not a good time.
Oh, got company have you?
Yeah, my sister, she's visiting.
With her and a friend.
You don't have a sister Declan.
[door slams]
[door bangs]
[dramatic music]
[Aiden] Come here, hey!
No you don't!
[toilet flushing]
Come here, ah!
What's this, ey?
[Declan whimpers]
[Turnly sighs]
[ominous music]
[Turnly] On your feet, the pair of you.
Come on love, on your feet.
[ominous music]
[rattling]
Ma'am.
[she sniffs]
[phones clicking]
[clattering]
Oh these phones look like they might be burners ma'am.
Ah right.
Well they might give us some leads.
Well, we can take it from here, you can go.
Ma'am.
[phones clunking]
[soft music]
[she tuts]
Well, well, well.
[sniffing]
Recognize this face?
I've never seen him before.
That's funny that, his prints are all over your house.
Two grand in cash, hidden under your fish fingers.
Now I think this money is from selling drugs.
I keep all the smack I can get my hands on,
that's just for personal use.
Oh, well what about this business card
you left in the gents in the Beggars Casino?
Top gear for sale at knockdown prices.
I just do as I'm told.
Who by, the boss, Tony Briggs?
Tony, Tony's got nothing to do with this.
[sniffs]
Oh well then I'll have to assume
that you're the brains of this enterprise.
And that Caden Lennon was working for you.
Broken the terms of your parole.
[Vera] Yeah you're looking
at a custodial sentence sunshine.
I don't know.
[Price coughs]
A friend introduced us,
he said the lad needed a place to stay.
So which friend was this?
I can't say.
You could've said no.
Caden said they'd hurt us if I went to the police.
Who's they?
[her hand slams the table]
[paper crinkling]
They never, they never showed their faces
round Peyton, they left all the legwork to Caden.
So can you give us any names, people he talked to?
All that smack, it makes you forgetful.
Well, can you remember where you were on Saturday evening?
I was working at the arcade.
I didn't get off till 10.
See Caden dealing there, we know that's his patch.
Last time I saw him was back at the house.
And what time was this?
Late afternoon, he'd just got off the train
with a load of fresh gear.
And how'd he seem?
Bit on edge, I went into my room to shoot up
by the time I left for work there was not a sign of him.
And you don't recall anyone else dropping by?
Might've heard some people talking,
bit of a kick off from the sound of things.
So he's with who?
[Price coughs intensely]
Like I said, I was out of it.
I really need to see a doctor.
[door opening and closing]
Ma'am you might want to take a look at this.
What?
Intel from the gangs unit.
[Vera] Caden Lennon was running drugs for a county line
maintained and protected at any cost.
Perfect profile for gang recruitment,
care home kid, no record.
Yeah, much less likely to draw attention to himself.
Yeah well maybe he did draw attention to himself Mark,
maybe that's what got him killed,
up and down on that train with a pocket full of drugs.
We know Declan Price was a victim of cuckooing.
Vulnerable addict, they take over his home
and use it as a stash house.
Well now here's some intel on a gang called Ferry Boys.
Now are they the ones who set him up in Peyton,
are they the ones pulling the strings here?
We've tracked down the signal on that mobile,
NA6 postcode, that's the Ferry Cross estate.
Get onto the NCA, I want anything
they've got on that gang.
[Kenny] Can you put me in touch
with the right person in the NCA.
We've made inquiries on the estate.
Anyone wants me, I'll be in the mortuary.
[Kenny] Yeah, that's right.
[she sobs]
[somber music]
He insisted on coming, he wanted to see him.
[shaky breathing]
Where will they bury him?
Well, I imagine there'll be a public health cremation,
love, just as soon as we've released the body.
There needs to be a stone or something,
proper grave with his name on it.
Well, we could perhaps try to locate your dad,
see if he could-
I don't want him there.
Alright.
He threw me brother down the stairs once,
broke his arm.
Your dad?
Aye, he was all set to give us a hiding.
Caden got between us.
He always looked out for me.
Tyler, I think he got in with a gang on that estate
and he was dealing.
Now these friends of his, they're not the sort
of people you wanna mess with love.
So maybe he was still looking out for you.
[sad music]
[beeping]
[phone ringing]
Yeah, we're on our way back now, everything OK there?
[doors hissing]
[dramatic music]
I've been working through those burner phones ma'am,
nothing that links us to the Ferry Cross
but Caden did receive three calls evening he was killed.
Phone numbers registered to Kayleigh Mincham.
Thanks.
[Woman] Thank you, see you later love.
I think its time we got a few things straight, don't you?
[Turnly] I was always going to hand over those phones.
I'm not sure I believe you.
If you've been covering for Kayleigh Mincham.
[she sighs]
Let me guess, you're mates with her dad.
Me and Gary go back a bit, yeah.
There's something else you've failed to mention.
Well I didn't think it was relevant.
But it was you found the body in his boatyard.
Well I did everything by the book.
That search of Declan Price's place,
did you call Kayleigh, warn her we were coming?
Uh, no.
You were on the phone to someone.
I was just checking in with the station.
You knew that lass was involved.
You better start sharing sunshine.
Look, Kayleigh Mincham's an addict.
She's been using for a while now, heroin.
That family's been through enough.
So you thought you'd interfere with a murder inquiry?
I was just looking out for her.
Look, if this goes any further,
the professional standards, I'm looking at a desk job.
[she scoffs]
Kayleigh Mincham is now a person of interest
and whilst this case is ongoing
you'll have nothing more to do with her.
Yes ma'am.
And you'll talk to no one.
Not to witnesses or suspects or to any of my team
and you don't talk to me, come to that,
unless I address you first.
But I
And if I find your actions
have compromised this investigation, well,
a desk job is gonna be the least of your bloody worries!
[knocking]
DCI Stanhope.
Gary's over at the yard.
Well its Kayleigh we're looking for love.
We need to talk to her in connection
with the murder of Caden Lennon.
She spoke to him three times on the night he was killed.
Drug dealer.
We'd better talk outside.
Chloe found the stuff in her bag,
suddenly it all made sense.
Gary hit the roof, told her to pack her bags.
You don't know where Kayleigh was getting the drugs?
Some lad she got friendly with,
I know they weren't from round here.
That must've been very hard for you.
Gary won't even talk about it.
The one person that might make her see sense.
That night the lad was murdered.
Shawn rang, PC Turnly, told us they'd found a body.
I thought, for a moment-
You thought it might've been Kayleigh.
Then we found out there might've been drugs involved.
I asked Shawn to keep Kayleigh out of it.
You took advantage of his better nature, love.
Kayleigh had nothing to do with this.
She's been trying to get clean.
We'd even talked about her going to rehab.
So you've been seeing Kayleigh behind your husband's back.
She's my child, I couldn't just write her off.
We need to talk to Kayleigh, love
find out where she is.
That is, if you do want to help her.
We own a beach hut, Lou Headly cliffs.
Used to rent it out for the summer.
[dramatic music]
[grass rustling]
[knocking]
[Aiden] Kayleigh?
[door creaking]
Someone's definitely been dossing down in here.
Aye, and more than one person by the look of it.
So much for her getting clean.
[Vera tuts]
-[dramatic music] -[seagulls screeching]
[water splashing]
[Kayleigh] No!
[Tyler] Come on in.
No way, its freezing.
[he sighs]
[splashing]
[dramatic music]
The lad's only 15 years old,
you didn't think someone might be looking for him?
He turned up last night, said he needed somewhere to stay.
Oh, so you must know Tyler pretty well then?
Came up to Peyton a few times, wanted to see his brother.
Ah, right, yes, the dealer you phoned
three times on the day he was murdered.
Who was he working for?
I didn't care, I didn't ask.
Just as long as you were sorted.
I do drugs now and then, so what?
And you can stop whenever you want to, can you love?
I've heard that one before.
So take me through your movements on Saturday evening.
I've already told you.
Well I'd like you to tell me again.
I'd ordered some gear for the party.
I'd arranged to meet Caden down at the links.
Now we're getting somewhere.
Now what time was this?
Straight after work, must've been around seven.
Are you sure Caden didn't go to this party with you?
That was the last time I saw him.
So where'd you spend the rest of the night, hmm?
You told us you didn't go back home,
you went straight to work.
I got high, I passed out on the beach
I don't remember much of it.
And you just woke up in the morning
and heard this lad had been murdered.
Roy gave us the news when I got to the cafe.
[soft music]
You gonna let us go then?
Oh no, I'll need a statement from you first, pet.
[door opening]
[Kayleigh sighs]
But if I find you've been lying to me,
I'll have you straight back in here and up on a charge.
[door slams]
[Kayleigh sniffles]
[Jacq] We've arranged to put him
up in temporary accommodation.
[Vera] Good.
What, you think he might be in danger?
Ooh, its better to be safe than sorry.
His brother's death might've been gang related.
Now I suggest you confiscate his mobile
and make sure he doesn't talk to anyone.
Tyler doesn't know anything.
[Turnly] I need a word with the DCI.
[Aiden] No.
[Turnly] Look, just five minutes.
You've got two minutes and counting, better make it quick.
I hear you spoke to Nita Dajani.
Well that's no longer your concern love.
It's just I was the officer who responded to the break in
and she seemed like she was hiding something.
Why'd you say that?
Well, she was pretty shaken up
by the time I got to the club.
Her car window was smashed in,
she wanted this lad apprehended.
A couple of days later I paid her a follow up,
she said she decided to drop the whole thing.
I think maybe someone leaned on her.
[dramatic music]
Hmm.
[dramatic music]
[people chatting]
I thought I'd answered all your questions.
Well I got a few more love.
[Nita] This way.
This lad who broke into your vehicle.
Like I said, I barely saw him.
Yeah, that's not gonna wash love.
You did recognize Caden Lennon
when we showed you that photograph,
the question is, why'd you lie to us?
We didn't want anymore trouble.
Well obstructing a murder inquiry love,
is asking for trouble.
So why don't you tell us what did happen that night?
[Nita sighs]
Came in for a drink.
There were four of them, walked up
to the bar like they owned the place.
I told them politely it was members only,
asked them to leave.
And how did that go down?
One of them threatened to mark me,
said I needed to learn some respect.
Was that Caden Lennon?
No, this fella was older,
clearly he was calling the shots.
I said I'd call the police if he didn't leave,
finally they got the message, drove off in a four by four.
D'ya get a look at the plates?
I was just glad to see the back of him.
So later that night this fella sends his lackey back.
This is after you've closed.
Smashes the car window to make a point.
Police came, I gave him a statement,
in the cold light of day I just
didn't think it was worth pursuing.
Look, I understand why you were having second thoughts,
love, I get that, I get it.
But then you hear the lads been murdered
and still you don't come forward.
I suppose I was scared.
We didn't want any more trouble you said,
I mean that suggests you weren't alone
when the lad came back.
And I'm guessing it wasn't a lock in.
[Alan] Aye, I wanted her to drop the whole thing.
Thought it best if the police weren't involved.
What, told her you'd sort it yourself?
[Alan] What's that supposed to mean?
A group of thugs threaten your girlfriend
She's not me girlfriend.
And one of 'em comes back after hours,
smashes up her car and that same lad's found murdered
in the boatyard where you work.
Well, you can see how it looks.
Okay, I should've come forward when they found the body.
That's the first sensible thing you've said.
Me and Nita, I didn't want Gary to know.
What, that you were working for the competition.
They're opening a franchise for yacht repairs.
I give her the heads up on a few of our orders.
You gave her everything she needed
to finish Gary's business.
The yard was already finished,
only Gary couldn't see that.
So what do you get out of it, hmm, part from the obvious?
She's promised us a job, when were up and running.
I had me future to think about.
Yeah, well I hope it was worth it love.
I really do!
[somber music]
We need an ANPR check to find that four by four.
In fact, any vehicle in the area the night of that break in.
We've got NCA intel on this gang, the Ferry Boys.
They're in the frame for a few recent muggings,
smash and grabs, stolen phones.
Yeah, well, we're looking
for the kingpins, not kids on bikes.
Recently implicated in an acid attack, rival gang member,
its their method of dealing with any competition.
Acid attack?
I think we need another chat with Tony Briggs.
[engine starting]
[tense music]
[car pulling up]
This is starting to look like harassment.
You didn't decide to give up drug dealing love,
you were forced out by rival dealers,
Newcastle gang who set up a county line.
You think I feel threatened by a gang of kids?
Ooh, I think it was more than threats love
by the look of them scars on your arm.
Check up on his hospital records, see what they can tell us.
Back in my day the dealers had standards.
You'd look after your clients, there was loyalty.
Oh, proper gents, I'll bet.
These inner city dealers, they'd kill you in a heartbeat
to protect their racket, there's too much money at stake.
Make a complaint, we can have whoever did this arrested.
Next time it'll be the face.
Declan Price's house,
you must've known they'd moved in there.
I knew he was scared, he'd seen too many faces.
Now, if you'd been attacked,
you'd be looking for payback, wouldn't you?
Name Caden Lennon ring any bells?
And there I was thinking you
were concerned about my wellbeing.
Puts you in the frame for his murder.
I was working here on Saturday night.
With your old mate Declan?
He turned up to work, he wasn't well.
Said he couldn't take much more of Caden's bullying.
I sent him home early, no use to anybody.
[knocking]
[Aiden] Mr Price. It's the police.
[door rattling]
Mr Price!
[dramatic music]
Kick that door open!
[door smashing]
[somber music]
[Vera sighs]
Respiratory failure as a result of opiod ingestion,
chronic emphysema from longterm drug abuse.
He would've been predisposed, it was only a matter of time.
So an accidental overdose?
Well it certainly looked like it
until I did some more tests.
The heroin was cut with fentanyl,
an opiod 75 times stronger than morphine.
I sent a sample down to the lab for chromatographic analysis
and it would've been a lethal dose.
So whoever supplied this heroin
would've known that it would kill him.
This was murder.
Declan Price's death is now being treated as murder.
A lethal batch of dirty heroin.
So we're ruling out Declan as Caden Lennon's killer?
Declan Price didn't kill that lad.
Though he might've know who did.
Pushed him too hard, another needless death.
If we are to assume that these two murders are connected
would it put Alan White in the clear?
Not necessarily.
It keeps coming back to this gang.
They threatened Dajani, assaulted Tony Briggs,
so did Caden Lennon do something to make them turn on him?
I ran a routine search on Declan Price's finances ma'am,
something doesn't add up.
Large amounts of cash have passed through his bank account,
regular deposits and withdrawals.
There's a few thousand a week, for a fella on benefits.
A withdrawal was made in Peyton this morning,
£500 with his cash point card.
Well that would've been a walking miracle.
They've sent me footage from the ATM camera.
Lets have a look.
[tense music]
Freeze it!
[Key clicks]
Kayleigh Mincham.
Declan Price's bank card
found in your pocket, care to explain?
He needed to pay for a deal,
asked us to get some cash out.
Didn't know you were friends.
Now you do.
He give you his PIN number, did he?
You can ask him yourself if you don't believe us.
Ah that might prove tricky love
because Declan was found murdered last night,
needle in his arm, someone had spiked his heroin.
And then, this morning, you are caught on camera,
stealing 500 quid from a dead man's account.
It wasn't even his money!
Oh, I'm inclined to believe you there, pet
'cos someone else was using Declan's
bank account to hide drugs money.
I swear, I had nothing to do with this.
No, well I think it was you who set Caden up in Peyton,
it was you introduced him to Declan,
got him into his house because you knew
Declan was an easy target.
I never thought they'd hurt him.
No, well both those people are now dead, love.
And sooner or later you're gonna be surplus
to requirements and what's gonna happen then, ay?
Just give us the name of whoever
is running this country line.
Who's pulling the strings?
They're the ones we're after.
[Kayleigh sniffles]
I can't, I can't.
[she breathes heavily]
We talked to several witnesses who attended that party
and no one can remember seeing you after 10PM that evening.
I told you, I passed out on the beach.
Well, I don't believe you.
But I did, I swear.
I woke up on Sunday morning in Lee Nadella's camper van.
[Kayleigh breathes heavily]
I found her lying on the beach at the party,
off her face as usual but I couldn't just leave her there.
Nothing happened.
Did you know Caden Lennon supplied her heroin?
I told her he was bad news, not that she took any notice.
So you lied when you said you didn't know him.
I didn't wanna drop Kayleigh in it.
Sounds like you've got a soft spot.
She had everything going for her
and she's just throwing her life away.
You clock Kayleigh on the beach with Caden,
she's desperate for a fix
and he's the lad supplying her with drugs.
So, what happened, you get between 'em?
I warned him off, that's all.
Got into a fight by the look of that lip.
And you told us you'd been drinking.
Okay, so he took a pop at us, threw a punch and ran.
Oh what, and you went after him, did ya?
Hmm, decide to teach him a lesson?
You seriously think I killed him?
I think we should finish this
back at the station, come on son.
[door slams]
[Kayleigh inhales]
[door opens]
We've arrested Lee Nadella for murder,
we know about the fight on the beach.
Lee didn't kill anyone, he hasn't got it in him.
Well, unless you can tell me who did...
[Kayleigh sighs]
Right.
Look, this couldn't care less act is not gonna wash love
you're out of your depth and you know it.
This fella doesn't need protecting,
he doesn't deserve protecting.
[Vera sighs]
He shows up in Peyton when he feels like it.
Likes to surprise as he says.
And did he show up in Peyton last night?
Went for a drive, that's all.
Did he buy you that chain?
So what if he did?
Kayleigh, I'm going to need a name.
[dramatic music]
Result, we're looking for a fella called Nathaniel Halpin,
H A L P I N, his friends call him Nat.
He's the leader of this gang
and by all accounts he's a piece of work.
Now, Kayleigh Mincham can place him in Peyton
at the time of both murders.
Here you are, he's got previous,
ABH and possession of a knife, 18 months ago.
We've got him.
Kenny, I'll need an address, then get onto DVLA.
I'm guessing he drives a four by four.
[Kenny] Ma'am.
Anyone wants me, I'll be with Dave Miller.
Lets see if we can jog his memory.
[dramatic music]
[door swinging]
Yeah I know him,
kicked him out the center for carrying a weapon.
Nat knows he's not welcome.
So he doesn't live on this estate?
Not anymore, I hear he's got a plush pad in Jesmond.
Yeah, well what about his gang, the Ferry Boys?
[foosball table clattering]
Look, if anyone round here knew
I was talking to the police
Listen, Nat Halpin is a prime suspect in Caden's murder.
Coerced him into pushing drugs
and we know the source is from this estate.
I have spent five years looking out for these kids,
I woulda done something about it.
Yeah, well maybe you still can, love.
Whatever you may think about the police,
I want this fella locked up before he finds
another lad to take Caden's place.
Now do you want that on your conscience?
[Dave exhales heavily]
One of his crew sells up from the flat.
Which flat?
Back of the tower block.
Number.
[door banging]
[Officers In Unison] Police, stay where you are!
[Officer] Nobody move.
[Officer] Room clear.
[Officer] Police.
-[banging] -[rustling]
[Officer] Room clear!
[somber music]
[Vera sighs]
Its still warm.
[Vera sighs]
[Aiden tuts]
[phone ringing]
Ma'am, we're in Jesmond, Nat Halpin
appears to have gone to ground ma'am.
[Vera sighs]
Ma'am forensics are testing the drugs
we found at the flat for a chemical signature.
Yeah well we need a match to this stash seized in Peyton,
some evidence to tie him to these murders.
Oh come on Jacq, find us something,
anything we can work with.
[Jacq sighs]
At least you've closed down their supply line.
Well they'll only start up somewhere else,
find some other kids to exploit, what?
That search we ran on Kayleigh Mincham's mobile.
There was nothing on it, was there?
Yeah well, we got access to her social media accounts.
You might wanna take a look at these selfies
we found in her direct messages.
I think that's what you call bragging rights.
[door opens]
You weren't headed up to Peyton to see your brother,
he was dropping off drugs for this county line.
Tyler.
I've got nothing to say to you.
Oh, get the attitude from Nat Halpin, did ya?
The fella you were working for,
got previous for carrying a knife.
Now had your brother fallen out with him?
Nat was family, he's blood.
Nat Halpin isn't family,
whatever promises he might've made you.
Now then, we know that he was up in Peyton
the night that Caden died and I think
he went up there to kill him.
I told you, I don't know anything.
Tyler, you're the one person
your brother would've confided in.
Do you know what they do to a grass?
Well if you're worried about reprisals,
look, we'll take care of you.
Witness protection?
Aye.
I'd rather take me chances.
[door buzzing]
She'll be in court first thing in the morning.
Then what?
Well I imagine she'll be bailed, pending charges.
[door closes]
Mr Mincham, your daughter can come back from this
but she will need your support.
[door buzzes]
She comes home with us Gary.
Either that or we're leaving without you.
Car's out front.
Kayleigh!
Kayleigh, wait!
Sorry.
[banging on door]
-Hey! -Tyler.
[somber music]
What?
[tires screeching]
[banging]
[ominous music]
[tires squealing]
[Vera breathing heavily]
I just wish you'd called me,
or at least called for backup.
Oh, he'd have been long gone
before any of you lot turned up.
This is a warning.
Oh, its just someone being cocky,
thinking they can run rings around us.
Uh ma'am, visitor.
Said they'll only speak to you.
I know where you can find him.
[threatening music]
[tires screeching]
[Officer] Police, stay where you are.
[Officer] Stay where you are.
[Officer] You, turn round.
[bottles clinking]
[fighting]
Nathaniel Halpin you are under arrest
for suspicion of murder, 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.
[dramatic music]
He can't hurt you love.
He'll know it was me though.
[head thuds on glass]
He'll just know.
Nat was working us too hard,
one you go in country, you're on call 24/7.
Caden started to smoke a bit of crack,
to stay awake he said.
I told him he was asking for trouble.
Drugs must've messed with his head.
All this cash we were making,
Caden was vexed we weren't seeing any of it.
[Vera tuts]
And Nat finds out the money's short.
Tells us Caden had been taxing off him.
So stealing off the wrong man.
A couple of days after they found his body
Nat calls us up and said Caden had got
what was coming to him and I'd taken on me brother's debt.
I would have to work harder to pay it off.
[Vera] Okay son, okay.
We run a trace on your vehicle.
Places you in Peyton three days ago.
Yeah I went up there to visit my girlfriend.
[Vera] Oh, Kayleigh Mincham?
Yeah.
Vulnerable lass who you took advantage of.
Ah, you can add sexual grooming to his list of offenses.
She's a junkie, nothing she says
will ever stand up in court.
Now I think you went up to Peyton to see Declan Price,
another vulnerable adult who you've threatened.
I've never seen him before.
No, you supplied him with two grams of heroin,
laced with a lethal amount of fentanyl.
Which was in your flat on Ferry Cross estate.
I ain't been back there for a while.
I don't like the neighborhood.
Ah, you favor the plush pad in Jesmond, right?
Yeah.
Yeah, we've searched it and we've found pricey watches
and designer clothing and some of the items,
they're still in their wrapper.
And we're satisfied that the money used to buy those items
was earned though dealing drugs.
You can add that to the list.
You got nothing to tie me to any of this.
We've also got a witness who said
they were working for you under duress
and based on that statement you're also under arrest
on a charge of trafficking a minor.
Trafficking?
Mm, if we get you on drugs
[Vera laughs]
I mean that's almost a "badge of honor", isn't it.
But trafficking kids, oh that doesn't
go down too well in prison love.
Now Caden Lennon was working for you,
running drugs to Peyton.
We also know he was stealing from you,
taxing off money from your drugs deals
so he needed teaching a lesson, didn't he?
Now our forensics team, they found traces
of Caden's blood in your vehicle
and that's all we need to charge you with his murder.
So, if there's anything you'd like to add?
No comment.
I'd say you'd get 25 years, which is a small price
to pay for all those lives you've ruined.
[folder closing]
[Vera laughs]
We'll call when we get to the safe house.
[Christine sniffles]
[engine starts]
Alright love, come on, we'll give you a lift home.
[door closing]
Now, he's gonna be fine love, they'll look after him.
Ooh, I thought you might want your photo back, here.
I remember when they first arrived here,
pair of lost souls, they just lost their mum.
Tyler wouldn't leave Caden's side
it took him months before he'd trust anyone.
Ah, well, he'd been through a lot, they both had.
Tyler had these terrible meltdowns,
all that pent up anger inside him.
Even pushed his brother down them stairs once,
broke his arm in two places.
[dramatic music]
Christine.
Does Tyler own a dark padded jacket?
Yeah, he lives in it.
[phone ringing]
[Jacq] We're still stuck in town ma'am,
traffic's pretty heavy.
Shut up, just listen to me.
I need you to turn the car round
and come back to the station, Jacq,
I think you're sitting next to our killer,
get yourself back here, Jacq.
Got that ma'am.
Change of plan, boss' requested we head back to base.
[Man] Okay, right-o.
[car door opening]
[Jacq] No you don't.
[Jacq grunts]
[Man] Hey, Tyler!
[Jacq] Shit.
[Man] Tyler, come here.
[Jacq screams]
Tyler!
[Jacq screams]
[Tyler panting]
Jeez.
We've done a search of the immediate area ma'am, no sign.
Well put out a call to control, put out a description,
he may be a threat now he knows we're onto him.
Will do ma'am.
[Jacq] He was out of the car before I could catch him.
None of us saw this coming, Jacq,
now I need you to get back to the station.
I'm fine ma'am.
That nose might be broken, needs looking at.
[Aiden] Where's a 15 year old gonna hide?
[dramatic music]
[seagulls cawing]
[sand crunching]
Caden said he wanted to stay here,
save up some money, buy us a place, view of the sea.
Just like his nan, ey?
I tried to warn him, told him we should just disappear.
That why you argued on the day he died,
when you were at Declan's house?
He said he was too tired to run.
Tired of starting over.
Nat Halpin drove you to that boat yard
and took you home afterwards,
your brother's blood all over your clothes.
He said I needed to prove I was one of them.
He even put the blade in me hand.
Sent a lad to do his dirty work.
He was hiding in one of the boats,
so scared he was shaking.
Took him in me arms, he let me hold him.
I told him not to worry, that it'd all be OK.
His look of surprise as I pulled out a knife.
The one person who always protected you.
I didn't have a choice!
You killed your own brother to prove you were a man.
I was the care kid everyone picked on.
A few steps behind him, getting in his way.
The butt of all the jokes.
The little brother Caden was forced to look after,
tell us, who's the man now?
Ten grand a week we were clearing, base, white, meth, weed
anything, I could get you anything to get high.
Yeah, well that doesn't make you a man, love.
Turning your back on those thugs would've made you a man.
[Tyler gasps]
[sad music]
[Tyler sobs]
Come on son, on your feet.
[Aiden] Got to you, this one, didn't it?
[Vera] What, and it didn't get to you?
Two lads sold the promise of a better life,
what chance did they have?
Well the toerag who sold it to them,
he won't be trading for the foreseeable.
Ah they'll be plenty more of them
lining up to take his place.
We didn't even scratch the surface of the problem.
Right, I'm off.
Should you be driving that?
Ay, garage said its as good as new.
Hardly.
I heard that.
[door slams]
Ah, this old thing, its gonna last forever.
["Vera Theme" by Ben Bartlett]
[ringing]