1 00:00:25,861 --> 00:00:27,415 [film projector whirring] 2 00:00:27,449 --> 00:00:31,419 - All I ask is a tall ship and a star to sail her by. 3 00:00:33,179 --> 00:00:36,734 All I ask is a tall ship and a star to sail her by. 4 00:00:36,769 --> 00:00:41,222 All I ask is a tall ship and a star to sail her by. 5 00:00:42,223 --> 00:00:45,157 Is that enough? [laughing] 6 00:00:45,191 --> 00:00:46,882 [soft melodic music] - Yeah. 7 00:00:46,917 --> 00:00:49,299 - Can I keep this, 'cause this is written by Richard. 8 00:00:49,333 --> 00:00:51,128 I can frame this, can't I? 9 00:00:51,163 --> 00:00:53,130 - [Director] Yeah, that's how it'll all begin. 10 00:00:53,165 --> 00:00:54,511 [both laughing] [film projector whirring] 11 00:00:54,545 --> 00:00:56,547 [soft orchestral music] - Hello, Princess. 12 00:00:58,377 --> 00:01:02,139 [football players chattering] 13 00:01:02,174 --> 00:01:03,865 - [Boy] Billy pass that one. 14 00:01:03,899 --> 00:01:05,763 - [Boy] Shouldn't we do corners? 15 00:01:05,798 --> 00:01:07,489 [ball thudding] 16 00:01:07,524 --> 00:01:08,663 Shouldn't we do one corner? - Billy, Billy! 17 00:01:08,697 --> 00:01:09,733 - Do a corner! - Billy, Billy! 18 00:01:09,767 --> 00:01:10,941 - Yes. - Here he is. 19 00:01:10,975 --> 00:01:12,563 - Oh God. - Oh! 20 00:01:12,598 --> 00:01:15,601 [football players chattering] 21 00:01:15,635 --> 00:01:17,603 - [Manager] Here, give me ball, here, give me a nice one. 22 00:01:17,637 --> 00:01:20,192 - [Boy] Billy, give us that one there. 23 00:01:20,226 --> 00:01:21,676 - [Boy] Layton, Layton! 24 00:01:21,710 --> 00:01:23,298 - [Boy] Harry. 25 00:01:23,333 --> 00:01:24,955 - Yes, sir. - Getting my team sorted out. 26 00:01:24,989 --> 00:01:26,957 We're getting the team sorted. 27 00:01:26,991 --> 00:01:30,167 [onlookers chattering] 28 00:01:30,202 --> 00:01:32,790 The small ones are playing. 29 00:01:32,825 --> 00:01:34,792 Billy, Billy! - Oh! 30 00:01:34,827 --> 00:01:36,898 - [Manager] Come in the box, lads. 31 00:01:36,932 --> 00:01:39,935 [football players chattering] 32 00:01:39,970 --> 00:01:42,904 Get that side of him, Billy, Billy take your hat off. 33 00:01:42,938 --> 00:01:44,733 You wouldn't have your hat on, son. 34 00:01:46,287 --> 00:01:50,946 [ball thudding] [football players chattering] 35 00:01:52,431 --> 00:01:53,880 - Go on, he's in! [ball thudding] 36 00:01:53,915 --> 00:01:57,160 - [Boy] Oh, man, what are you doing? 37 00:01:58,747 --> 00:02:02,337 - [Manager] Tim, get that ball, play a nice ball. 38 00:02:02,372 --> 00:02:06,307 [football players chattering] 39 00:02:08,654 --> 00:02:09,827 - Get in! - Celebrate! 40 00:02:09,862 --> 00:02:11,519 - Celebrate! - Celebrate! 41 00:02:11,553 --> 00:02:15,316 [football players chattering] 42 00:02:15,350 --> 00:02:17,387 - [Manager] Defence, step out again, 43 00:02:17,421 --> 00:02:19,285 so he's got a bit on the edge. 44 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:20,562 - [Boy] Squish on him. 45 00:02:20,597 --> 00:02:21,805 - [Boy] Go ahead, kick! 46 00:02:23,772 --> 00:02:24,946 [ball thudding] Yeah! 47 00:02:24,980 --> 00:02:26,534 - [Scout] Who's the striker? 48 00:02:26,568 --> 00:02:28,501 - Lad up front, it's Stephen Sayers. 49 00:02:29,537 --> 00:02:32,540 [players laughing] 50 00:02:39,581 --> 00:02:41,376 - Where do you think you're going? 51 00:02:41,411 --> 00:02:42,860 - Away home for my tea. 52 00:02:42,895 --> 00:02:44,724 - [sighing] Don't be smart with me, son. 53 00:02:44,759 --> 00:02:46,864 You been pinching car radios again, haven't you? 54 00:02:48,349 --> 00:02:50,868 [blow thudding] [Stephen coughing] 55 00:02:50,903 --> 00:02:52,870 Say summat then. - Nee comment. 56 00:02:52,905 --> 00:02:55,494 [blow thudding] 57 00:02:55,528 --> 00:02:57,530 - Fucking Sayers. 58 00:03:28,389 --> 00:03:31,737 - [Narrator] This is a story, a true one, 59 00:03:31,771 --> 00:03:36,845 but a story nonetheless, the story of one Stephen Sayers. 60 00:03:38,537 --> 00:03:40,746 Stephen lived with his family in York Street, Elswick, 61 00:03:40,780 --> 00:03:43,335 it was the beating heart of Newcastle 62 00:03:43,369 --> 00:03:45,820 and he had an elder brother, John 63 00:03:45,854 --> 00:03:48,305 and a younger brother, Michael. 64 00:03:49,651 --> 00:03:52,516 Their mother, Yvonne was a civil servant 65 00:03:52,551 --> 00:03:54,691 and a member of Mensa. 66 00:04:15,401 --> 00:04:18,024 Their dad, John Brian had a haulage company, 67 00:04:18,059 --> 00:04:20,889 that delivered beer to the local pubs. 68 00:04:20,924 --> 00:04:23,961 He also owned a scrapyard on the quayside. 69 00:04:35,594 --> 00:04:39,460 [sirens wailing in distance] 70 00:04:40,771 --> 00:04:42,877 But perhaps most importantly, 71 00:04:44,637 --> 00:04:49,159 I should mention, he was a very, very good villain. 72 00:04:49,193 --> 00:04:50,816 [door thudding] 73 00:04:50,850 --> 00:04:52,473 - What's going on? - In here, Sarge! 74 00:04:52,507 --> 00:04:53,922 - You are not getting in here without a WPC. 75 00:04:53,957 --> 00:04:55,545 - We've a warrant to search these premises 76 00:04:55,579 --> 00:04:57,409 for John Brian Sayers. [Yvonne sighing] 77 00:04:57,443 --> 00:04:59,894 She's right though, as usual. 78 00:04:59,928 --> 00:05:02,862 Someone get me a WPC up here now! 79 00:05:04,830 --> 00:05:08,040 Hello, son, where's your dad? 80 00:05:09,524 --> 00:05:10,525 - No comment. 81 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:12,596 [policeman laughing] 82 00:05:12,631 --> 00:05:13,977 [hand slapping] 83 00:05:14,011 --> 00:05:15,012 - What do you think you're doing? 84 00:05:15,047 --> 00:05:16,876 He's just a bairn, man! 85 00:05:16,911 --> 00:05:19,120 Look, he's not here. 86 00:05:20,604 --> 00:05:22,399 - He can't hide forever, Yvonne. 87 00:05:22,434 --> 00:05:23,745 - He's not here. 88 00:05:23,780 --> 00:05:25,851 - And when that bastard shows his face, 89 00:05:25,885 --> 00:05:27,473 I'll be there to nick him. 90 00:05:27,508 --> 00:05:29,406 - Just get out of my house. 91 00:05:34,618 --> 00:05:37,483 You're all right, son, come here. 92 00:05:39,071 --> 00:05:41,004 Okay, okay, all right. 93 00:06:16,522 --> 00:06:17,627 [birds chirping] 94 00:06:17,661 --> 00:06:20,457 They fascinate a lot of people. 95 00:06:21,631 --> 00:06:22,839 [faucet water running] 96 00:06:22,873 --> 00:06:26,463 [talking on radio in background] 97 00:06:29,259 --> 00:06:32,193 [button clicking] 98 00:06:35,679 --> 00:06:38,061 [lid clicking] 99 00:06:38,095 --> 00:06:41,754 [kettle rumbling quietly] 100 00:06:46,794 --> 00:06:49,728 [button clicking] 101 00:06:53,766 --> 00:06:55,527 [teaspoon tapping] 102 00:06:55,561 --> 00:06:58,184 [door thudding] 103 00:07:07,780 --> 00:07:10,680 - I heard them last night, what a racket to make. 104 00:07:10,714 --> 00:07:12,129 - It's like this all the time. 105 00:07:12,164 --> 00:07:13,786 - Really? 106 00:07:13,821 --> 00:07:15,719 - Aye, I'm gonna have to make another complaint. 107 00:07:15,754 --> 00:07:17,652 - Yeah, you should. 108 00:07:17,687 --> 00:07:19,861 I mean your stress levels must be through the roof. 109 00:07:19,896 --> 00:07:21,104 [Yvonne laughing] 110 00:07:21,138 --> 00:07:24,970 [sirens wailing in distance] 111 00:07:25,971 --> 00:07:27,800 - [Yvonne] Nash, Stephen, move. 112 00:07:28,629 --> 00:07:31,252 [door clicking] 113 00:07:32,667 --> 00:07:33,979 [door thudding] 114 00:07:34,013 --> 00:07:36,878 [sirens wailing] 115 00:07:51,652 --> 00:07:53,585 [zipper zipping] 116 00:07:53,619 --> 00:07:56,588 - Imagine how many sweets we could get with that. 117 00:07:56,622 --> 00:07:58,969 - How much do you think there is? 118 00:07:59,004 --> 00:08:02,007 - About three million, we could even buy Newcastle United! 119 00:08:02,041 --> 00:08:04,630 - [Narrator] The boys' mother only ever wanted them 120 00:08:04,665 --> 00:08:06,356 to have a proper education. 121 00:08:06,390 --> 00:08:08,289 - Be gentle with them, John, they're only bairns. 122 00:08:08,323 --> 00:08:09,808 - [Narrator] But their father wanted them to be streetwise. 123 00:08:09,842 --> 00:08:11,603 - Gentle, you think the bizzies 124 00:08:11,637 --> 00:08:13,846 are gonna be gentle with them? 125 00:08:13,881 --> 00:08:14,882 Hello, lads. 126 00:08:16,608 --> 00:08:17,885 Got my bag? 127 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:20,025 Have you had a look in it? 128 00:08:20,059 --> 00:08:21,613 - [Boys] Aye, we did. 129 00:08:22,821 --> 00:08:24,098 - Where's our cut? 130 00:08:24,132 --> 00:08:27,964 - Your cut, experience is your cut. 131 00:08:27,998 --> 00:08:29,828 All right? 132 00:08:29,862 --> 00:08:31,795 - You two, you've got chores to do around the house. 133 00:08:31,830 --> 00:08:33,245 - And? What about Michael? - He's doing his homework. 134 00:08:33,279 --> 00:08:35,247 - Oh, that's not fair, he always gets off. 135 00:08:35,281 --> 00:08:36,213 - Come on. 136 00:08:38,250 --> 00:08:42,116 - [Narrator] Every day, there would be a new test. 137 00:08:42,150 --> 00:08:46,292 Pass that test, well, they'd get the back of his hand. 138 00:08:46,327 --> 00:08:51,228 They'd call that a result. Why, you might ask? 139 00:08:54,093 --> 00:08:56,199 - What the fuck's going on here? 140 00:08:56,233 --> 00:08:59,892 - Your dinner's in the oven, kids are doing their homework. 141 00:08:59,927 --> 00:09:01,618 - Homework? 142 00:09:01,653 --> 00:09:03,240 Homework? 143 00:09:03,275 --> 00:09:04,725 It's not fucking homework these needs, man, 144 00:09:04,759 --> 00:09:06,174 it's street experience. 145 00:09:07,279 --> 00:09:09,108 - It's got to be in for tomorrow. 146 00:09:15,977 --> 00:09:19,360 - [Narrator] Well, if you failed one of his tests... 147 00:09:19,394 --> 00:09:22,225 well, it just didn't bear thinking about. 148 00:09:22,259 --> 00:09:25,124 [glass thudding] 149 00:09:29,819 --> 00:09:34,271 - Good lads, never put your fingerprints on anything 150 00:09:34,306 --> 00:09:36,032 the bizzies can get a hold of. 151 00:09:36,066 --> 00:09:37,999 What do you say if a bizzy stops you? 152 00:09:38,034 --> 00:09:39,207 - [Boys] No comment. 153 00:09:39,242 --> 00:09:41,175 - That's enough, John. 154 00:09:42,314 --> 00:09:45,110 [hand thudding] 155 00:10:14,277 --> 00:10:19,351 [belt slapping] [Yvonne gasping] 156 00:10:24,183 --> 00:10:26,358 [belt slapping] No! 157 00:10:26,392 --> 00:10:29,395 [belt slapping] No! 158 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:35,436 [belt slapping] [Yvonne groaning] 159 00:10:35,470 --> 00:10:39,440 [belt slapping] [Yvonne whimpering] 160 00:10:39,474 --> 00:10:42,270 [John grunting] 161 00:10:51,763 --> 00:10:54,697 [Yvonne whimpers] 162 00:10:58,010 --> 00:11:03,084 [belt slapping] [Yvonne groaning] 163 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:07,848 [Yvonne breathing heavily] 164 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:12,404 Don't fucking hit me! 165 00:11:12,438 --> 00:11:15,372 Does it make it you feel like a fucking man? 166 00:11:15,407 --> 00:11:19,204 [blows thudding] Uh, uh, uh! 167 00:11:20,412 --> 00:11:23,933 [blows thudding] [Yvonne groaning loudly] 168 00:11:23,967 --> 00:11:26,901 [Yvonne spitting] 169 00:11:29,455 --> 00:11:32,562 [blow thudding] Uh! 170 00:11:32,596 --> 00:11:36,083 [Yvonne coughing] 171 00:11:36,117 --> 00:11:39,051 [Yvonne groaning] 172 00:11:40,915 --> 00:11:43,469 - [Narrator] They spent many a night in that kennel 173 00:11:43,504 --> 00:11:45,368 as they watched their father 174 00:11:45,402 --> 00:11:49,786 take out his drink-fueled temper on their mother. 175 00:11:49,821 --> 00:11:52,237 That kind of thing traumatises you, 176 00:11:52,271 --> 00:11:54,480 it stays with you for life. 177 00:11:54,515 --> 00:11:57,829 But seeing those beatings hardened those boys, 178 00:11:57,863 --> 00:12:00,107 they formed a stronger bond. 179 00:12:00,141 --> 00:12:03,351 Nobody would ever hurt the Sayers boys again. 180 00:12:05,112 --> 00:12:08,184 Looking back, of course, they never stood a chance. 181 00:12:08,218 --> 00:12:10,117 - Get the kettle on, Yvonne, I'm parched. 182 00:12:10,151 --> 00:12:12,947 - [Narrator] They were only ever going to take one path. 183 00:12:12,982 --> 00:12:14,880 - Where's your dad, is he not up yet? 184 00:12:14,915 --> 00:12:16,433 - Sleeping it off. - Morning, boys. 185 00:12:16,468 --> 00:12:19,436 - And ah, how did you get that? 186 00:12:20,437 --> 00:12:22,301 Walked into a door? 187 00:12:22,336 --> 00:12:24,200 - Something like that. 188 00:12:24,234 --> 00:12:28,135 - Look, seriously, do you want me to say something to him? 189 00:12:28,169 --> 00:12:29,999 - No, there's no point. - Who's coming with me? 190 00:12:30,033 --> 00:12:31,966 - [Narrator] Stephen loved those days 191 00:12:32,001 --> 00:12:35,211 working with his Uncle Albert, early to rise 192 00:12:35,245 --> 00:12:37,109 and after a quick breakfast, 193 00:12:37,144 --> 00:12:41,251 it would be down into the town to set up their pitch. 194 00:12:41,286 --> 00:12:43,288 He loved the smells, the noise 195 00:12:43,322 --> 00:12:46,049 and the hustle of the city life. 196 00:12:46,084 --> 00:12:48,327 And once the store was set up, 197 00:12:48,362 --> 00:12:52,055 Stephen would keep watch for the Old Bill. 198 00:12:52,090 --> 00:12:54,402 [background people chattering] 199 00:12:54,437 --> 00:12:56,819 - This is perfect, are you this man's wife? 200 00:12:58,096 --> 00:12:59,545 Try that and see what you think of that. 201 00:12:59,580 --> 00:13:01,202 - [Narrator] One Old Bill in particular, 202 00:13:01,237 --> 00:13:04,343 affectionately known as the Lanky Streak of Piss 203 00:13:04,378 --> 00:13:06,587 delighted in nicking some of the old boys, 204 00:13:06,621 --> 00:13:08,554 who thought because of time served, 205 00:13:08,589 --> 00:13:10,453 they didn't need a permit. 206 00:13:10,487 --> 00:13:13,352 - Aye, I bet they're worth they're weight in gold. 207 00:13:13,387 --> 00:13:15,285 - How fucking rude. 208 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:17,253 - Sorry, madam, look, you can have that for a fiver, 209 00:13:17,287 --> 00:13:19,151 he's a cheeky bugger. [woman sighing] 210 00:13:19,186 --> 00:13:20,532 Let out on the street, I'll tell you, thank you very much. 211 00:13:20,566 --> 00:13:22,914 - [Narrator] And Sayers was the only name. 212 00:13:22,948 --> 00:13:24,398 - Heads up! - He was determined to have 213 00:13:24,432 --> 00:13:26,089 in his little notebook. - Your cash, Uncle. 214 00:13:26,124 --> 00:13:28,160 - Christmas box, aye. - Stop! 215 00:13:28,195 --> 00:13:30,369 - What do you think you're doing? 216 00:13:30,404 --> 00:13:32,199 - Can I be of assistance, Officer? 217 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:34,891 - Licence please, Mr. Sayers? 218 00:13:34,926 --> 00:13:36,341 - Licence, Officer? 219 00:13:36,375 --> 00:13:39,275 - Your street trading licence, Mr. Sayers. 220 00:13:39,309 --> 00:13:41,380 - I think you're mistaken, Officer. 221 00:13:41,415 --> 00:13:45,108 I've got no money with me and these are not for sale. 222 00:13:45,143 --> 00:13:47,386 - What are these? 223 00:13:47,421 --> 00:13:51,701 - Well, they're gifts for my family, the Sayers, 224 00:13:51,735 --> 00:13:55,360 you might've heard of us, you know, we're a big family. 225 00:13:55,394 --> 00:13:57,500 - I wasn't born yesterday, Mr. Sayers 226 00:13:57,534 --> 00:14:01,090 and I know a wrong'un when I see one, go on, on your way. 227 00:14:01,124 --> 00:14:03,540 [Albert chuckling] 228 00:14:03,575 --> 00:14:07,579 [background people chattering] 229 00:14:24,182 --> 00:14:26,115 - [Narrator] He might not have been 230 00:14:26,149 --> 00:14:27,979 the top of his class at school, 231 00:14:28,013 --> 00:14:31,327 but Stephen was getting a great education on the street. 232 00:14:31,361 --> 00:14:35,193 He started with car radios, a very good place to start, 233 00:14:35,227 --> 00:14:39,300 then he moved on to the cars themselves. 234 00:14:39,335 --> 00:14:42,614 Well, makes for a quicker getaway, doesn't it? 235 00:14:44,616 --> 00:14:46,652 Stephen started to spend a lot more time 236 00:14:46,687 --> 00:14:51,036 down at the scrapyard, his mother and father split up, 237 00:14:51,071 --> 00:14:53,142 he'd moved in with another woman 238 00:14:53,176 --> 00:14:56,179 with a ready made family and that hurt. 239 00:14:56,214 --> 00:14:58,250 Spending time at that scrapyard 240 00:14:58,285 --> 00:15:00,597 was the only way he would see his dad. 241 00:15:00,632 --> 00:15:03,048 - You should be at school. 242 00:15:03,083 --> 00:15:04,601 What you took on that car? - Sold the battery 243 00:15:04,636 --> 00:15:07,052 from the Escort and I sold the Cortina too. 244 00:15:07,087 --> 00:15:08,433 - We haven't got a Cortina. 245 00:15:08,467 --> 00:15:10,228 Have you been choring cars again? 246 00:15:10,262 --> 00:15:12,057 - And where's the Jag gone? 247 00:15:12,092 --> 00:15:13,507 - Sold that too. 248 00:15:13,541 --> 00:15:15,198 - That was my car, you stupid, little bastard! 249 00:15:15,233 --> 00:15:16,613 - [Narrator] With money in his pockets, 250 00:15:16,648 --> 00:15:18,650 it wasn't long before the bright lights 251 00:15:18,684 --> 00:15:22,274 of Newcastle's nightlife pulled Stephen in, 252 00:15:22,309 --> 00:15:24,207 like a moth to a flame. 253 00:15:24,242 --> 00:15:26,451 - Yeah, I think that's an enough for tonight, mate. 254 00:15:26,485 --> 00:15:28,349 - Don't be fucking silly. - You fucking joking? 255 00:15:28,384 --> 00:15:30,351 - [Westender] I only wanna get in the fucking pub. 256 00:15:30,386 --> 00:15:31,732 - What are you swearing at me for? 257 00:15:31,766 --> 00:15:33,561 - 'Cause I fucking want to. - Eh? 258 00:15:33,596 --> 00:15:35,149 - [Westender] I'm in here every fucking night. 259 00:15:35,184 --> 00:15:37,013 - No, but I haven't told you anything, mate. 260 00:15:37,048 --> 00:15:38,394 - [Westender] Do you know who you're talking to, 261 00:15:38,428 --> 00:15:39,774 you fucking idiot? - No, I don't actually. 262 00:15:39,809 --> 00:15:40,637 - Eh? - You're the fucking idiot! 263 00:15:40,672 --> 00:15:41,500 [blow thudding] 264 00:15:41,535 --> 00:15:43,261 [men scuffling] 265 00:15:43,295 --> 00:15:44,469 - Come on then! - You bastard! 266 00:15:44,503 --> 00:15:45,746 - Fuck off! - You cunt! 267 00:15:45,780 --> 00:15:47,334 You cunt! - Fucking give him it! 268 00:15:47,368 --> 00:15:49,301 - [Westender] You think you're hard, do you? 269 00:15:49,336 --> 00:15:50,785 - Give him it! [blow thudding] 270 00:15:50,820 --> 00:15:52,339 See you later, you fuck- - Do you want some too? 271 00:15:52,373 --> 00:15:54,168 [blows thudding] Fuck take it, fuck you! 272 00:15:54,203 --> 00:15:55,549 [blows thudding] - You fucker, fuck you! 273 00:15:55,583 --> 00:15:57,309 - You fucking think you're tough? 274 00:15:57,344 --> 00:15:59,760 Fucking shite, let's see it! 275 00:15:59,794 --> 00:16:03,522 [traffic rumbling quietly] 276 00:16:08,424 --> 00:16:10,046 - Oi, cunts! [car doors thudding] 277 00:16:10,081 --> 00:16:12,255 Aye, it is you, go on, Stephen, go on, lads. 278 00:16:12,290 --> 00:16:14,464 - [Westender] I didn't know you'd left school, huh, yeah? 279 00:16:14,499 --> 00:16:15,741 - Do it! - Yeah? 280 00:16:15,776 --> 00:16:17,053 - Get him! - Come on then, do it. 281 00:16:17,088 --> 00:16:19,642 [all shouting] 282 00:16:23,197 --> 00:16:25,820 Get in the car, Stephen, get in! 283 00:16:27,236 --> 00:16:31,826 [car doors thudding] [car revving] 284 00:16:54,470 --> 00:16:57,818 [car brakes screeching] 285 00:17:01,546 --> 00:17:03,375 [Sharon sobbing] 286 00:17:03,410 --> 00:17:05,550 - So what did you see, anything, anything at all? 287 00:17:05,584 --> 00:17:08,760 Did you see them speeding? Whatever you can remember. 288 00:17:08,794 --> 00:17:10,727 [Sharon sobbing] 289 00:17:10,762 --> 00:17:13,420 You just have to tell us what's wrong. 290 00:17:13,454 --> 00:17:16,561 - It's, it's, it's [sobbing]. 291 00:17:17,493 --> 00:17:18,425 - What? 292 00:17:19,460 --> 00:17:24,534 - It's my chips. [sobbing] 293 00:17:31,403 --> 00:17:34,303 - [Narrator] This was not his finest hour, 294 00:17:34,337 --> 00:17:37,582 arrested on a hospital trolley with two sprained ankles. 295 00:17:37,616 --> 00:17:41,896 The next stop, Pilgrim Street Police Station. 296 00:17:44,761 --> 00:17:48,179 - Come on, lad, what are you doing down there? Get up. 297 00:17:48,213 --> 00:17:50,595 - Do you wanna take them off him before someone gets hurt? 298 00:17:50,629 --> 00:17:51,872 - Good point. 299 00:17:53,287 --> 00:17:54,564 - And help him up, would you? 300 00:17:54,599 --> 00:17:56,601 [crutches clattering] 301 00:17:56,635 --> 00:17:58,741 [Desk Sergeant sighing] 302 00:17:59,983 --> 00:18:02,296 Name and date of birth? 303 00:18:05,575 --> 00:18:08,406 Name and date of birth? 304 00:18:09,683 --> 00:18:11,374 Strong, silent type, eh? 305 00:18:12,927 --> 00:18:16,276 Help him downstairs, we'll let you sleep it off. 306 00:18:16,310 --> 00:18:17,863 We'll try again in the morning. 307 00:18:20,314 --> 00:18:21,764 [Stephen thudding] 308 00:18:21,798 --> 00:18:24,767 - Sarge, Sarge, help, he's attacked us! 309 00:18:24,801 --> 00:18:27,942 - All right, lad, you've had your fun. 310 00:18:27,977 --> 00:18:29,220 Lock him up. 311 00:18:31,463 --> 00:18:35,191 - [Narrator] Stephen, Tom and Joe were charged 312 00:18:35,226 --> 00:18:37,987 with GBH and ABH with intent. 313 00:18:38,021 --> 00:18:40,196 - Will the accused please stand? 314 00:18:40,231 --> 00:18:43,303 - [Narrator] They would spend a month on remand 315 00:18:43,337 --> 00:18:47,824 and were tried at Kenton Bar Court six months later. 316 00:18:47,859 --> 00:18:49,688 [gavel banging] 317 00:18:49,723 --> 00:18:51,000 Tom was a few years older than Stephen and Joe, 318 00:18:51,034 --> 00:18:52,864 so got a two stretch. 319 00:18:54,383 --> 00:18:58,180 Next up was Joe who got six months, 320 00:18:59,457 --> 00:19:00,975 and our Stephen? 321 00:19:02,701 --> 00:19:05,980 Well, he got his first taste of porridge in Borstal. 322 00:19:06,015 --> 00:19:07,844 - What have we here then? 323 00:19:07,879 --> 00:19:10,640 Another little toerag from the West End? 324 00:19:12,642 --> 00:19:13,919 What's your name? 325 00:19:16,612 --> 00:19:18,648 Didn't you hear me, boy, 326 00:19:19,511 --> 00:19:21,651 What is your name? 327 00:19:23,515 --> 00:19:25,793 [blow thudding] 328 00:19:25,828 --> 00:19:27,899 - Try that again, I'll do you. 329 00:19:29,970 --> 00:19:33,284 [blow thudding] - Uh! 330 00:19:43,363 --> 00:19:45,330 - [Narrator] Perhaps you're wondering 331 00:19:45,365 --> 00:19:48,057 why he didn't tell him what happened. 332 00:19:48,091 --> 00:19:50,956 Screw or no screw, Stephen was no grass. 333 00:19:50,991 --> 00:19:55,375 Borstal was designed to give you a short, sharp shock, 334 00:19:55,409 --> 00:19:57,618 you certainly weren't supposed to enjoy it, 335 00:19:57,653 --> 00:20:01,829 but that's exactly what Stephen did, he loved it 336 00:20:01,864 --> 00:20:05,592 and over the next couple of years, he was in and out again 337 00:20:05,626 --> 00:20:09,596 quicker than you could say, "No comment, Sarge." 338 00:20:18,018 --> 00:20:21,987 [background people chattering] 339 00:20:22,022 --> 00:20:23,368 [men scuffling] 340 00:20:23,403 --> 00:20:25,370 [blows thudding] [men grunting] 341 00:20:25,405 --> 00:20:28,615 He made a few friends along the way, one was a lad 342 00:20:28,649 --> 00:20:32,343 from a place called Southbank in Middlesborough 343 00:20:32,377 --> 00:20:36,070 and that lad, by all accounts knew how to fight. 344 00:20:36,105 --> 00:20:37,417 - Any last words? 345 00:20:38,521 --> 00:20:39,626 [blow thudding] 346 00:20:39,660 --> 00:20:40,489 [basher thudding to floor] 347 00:20:40,523 --> 00:20:41,731 Aye, goodnight. 348 00:20:43,526 --> 00:20:44,631 Thanks, mate. 349 00:20:44,665 --> 00:20:46,495 I owe you one. 350 00:20:46,529 --> 00:20:48,393 My name's Stephen Sayers. 351 00:20:48,428 --> 00:20:50,913 - I know who you are, pal, I'm the Duffer. 352 00:21:16,766 --> 00:21:18,354 - Stephen. 353 00:21:18,389 --> 00:21:19,735 - Frankie, how are you doing, cuz? 354 00:21:19,769 --> 00:21:21,771 - Good to see you, mate, long time, no see. 355 00:21:21,806 --> 00:21:23,670 - Blame the judge for that. 356 00:21:23,704 --> 00:21:26,604 - Now I'm under strict instructions to take you 357 00:21:26,638 --> 00:21:28,053 straight to the bar to see your family. 358 00:21:28,088 --> 00:21:30,021 - I could do with a little livener first. 359 00:21:30,055 --> 00:21:31,402 - [Frankie] How's that? 360 00:21:34,819 --> 00:21:35,958 [upbeat dance music] 361 00:21:35,992 --> 00:21:41,066 ♪ Freedom 362 00:21:41,826 --> 00:21:43,586 ♪ Freedom 363 00:21:43,621 --> 00:21:44,725 - So what have I missed then, Frankie? 364 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:46,140 - Nothing at all, Stephen, 365 00:21:46,175 --> 00:21:47,797 same shit different day round here. 366 00:21:47,832 --> 00:21:49,109 - Good to see you. - And you. 367 00:21:49,143 --> 00:21:50,421 - Frankie. - Looking well, bro. 368 00:21:50,455 --> 00:21:52,112 - Not half as good as you. 369 00:21:52,146 --> 00:21:54,839 - When you get yourself five minutes, I need a word. 370 00:21:54,873 --> 00:21:58,498 - [Narrator] Every firm needs a good card-marker 371 00:21:58,532 --> 00:22:00,603 and these lads definitely had one. 372 00:22:00,638 --> 00:22:01,501 - Lads. - All right, Mick, 373 00:22:01,535 --> 00:22:03,192 how's tricks? 374 00:22:03,226 --> 00:22:05,643 - I've got us a good little bookie doing very well, 375 00:22:05,677 --> 00:22:07,541 if you're interested. - How many handed? 376 00:22:07,576 --> 00:22:10,199 - It's an easy one, two-handed gaff, 377 00:22:10,233 --> 00:22:12,477 he leaves five o'clock every Saturday, 378 00:22:12,512 --> 00:22:15,515 he's as good as clockwork and he gets his case 379 00:22:15,549 --> 00:22:18,034 and he puts it on the passenger seat. 380 00:22:18,069 --> 00:22:19,035 [background people chattering] 381 00:22:19,070 --> 00:22:20,830 - [Stephen] Let's do it. 382 00:22:20,865 --> 00:22:23,005 - [Narrator] If that decade saw Stephen 383 00:22:23,039 --> 00:22:25,076 serve his apprenticeship as a villain, 384 00:22:25,110 --> 00:22:27,975 the one that followed saw him and his brothers 385 00:22:28,010 --> 00:22:32,117 climb to the top of the tree, the very top. 386 00:22:32,152 --> 00:22:34,948 But of course, what goes up. 387 00:22:40,574 --> 00:22:42,058 A pop and seize could bag them 388 00:22:42,093 --> 00:22:44,854 anything up to 12 large on a good day. 389 00:22:44,889 --> 00:22:49,169 At times, it was like taking candy from a baby. 390 00:22:54,105 --> 00:22:57,419 [upbeat dance music] 391 00:22:59,006 --> 00:23:02,009 As quick as they were making money, they were spending it. 392 00:23:02,044 --> 00:23:06,082 These were young Geordie lads and they loved a night out, 393 00:23:06,117 --> 00:23:09,085 like moths to a flame, remember? 394 00:23:09,120 --> 00:23:13,089 [upbeat dance music continues] 395 00:23:20,994 --> 00:23:23,893 With drink came drugs, 396 00:23:23,928 --> 00:23:26,586 with money came women. 397 00:23:26,620 --> 00:23:28,277 It was a lifestyle they enjoyed 398 00:23:28,311 --> 00:23:31,038 and so they realised they needed a bigger and better way 399 00:23:31,073 --> 00:23:33,075 of funding that lifestyle. 400 00:23:33,109 --> 00:23:36,112 [soft tense music] 401 00:23:40,945 --> 00:23:43,672 [gun clicking] 402 00:23:48,884 --> 00:23:51,611 [car rumbling] 403 00:23:52,646 --> 00:23:55,097 [tense music] 404 00:23:59,342 --> 00:24:00,930 - [John] Get out of the van! 405 00:24:00,965 --> 00:24:02,553 - Stay in the fucking van! - Cunt. 406 00:24:02,587 --> 00:24:04,175 - [Stephen] Get the out of the van 407 00:24:04,209 --> 00:24:05,832 and throw your fucking keys out! 408 00:24:05,866 --> 00:24:07,247 - [John] Tell them to open that door 409 00:24:07,281 --> 00:24:07,937 or I'm gonna blow your fucking head off! 410 00:24:09,801 --> 00:24:12,252 [tense music continues] 411 00:24:12,286 --> 00:24:14,047 Fuck. 412 00:24:14,081 --> 00:24:15,669 Time, time, time! 413 00:24:20,053 --> 00:24:22,642 [car doors thudding] [tyres screeching] 414 00:24:22,676 --> 00:24:24,333 - [Narrator] The wages were good 415 00:24:24,367 --> 00:24:26,956 and the hours weren't too bad either 416 00:24:26,991 --> 00:24:30,546 and they say practise makes perfect. 417 00:24:30,581 --> 00:24:31,892 - If you lads pull this off, 418 00:24:31,927 --> 00:24:33,653 you're gonna go down in history. 419 00:24:35,689 --> 00:24:36,863 - Where's it at? 420 00:24:36,897 --> 00:24:38,761 - [laughing] Sunderland. 421 00:24:38,796 --> 00:24:41,661 - You're talking about the Post Office, aren't you? 422 00:24:41,695 --> 00:24:42,627 - Yep. 423 00:24:44,940 --> 00:24:46,873 - How much are we looking at? 424 00:24:48,391 --> 00:24:49,945 - Maybe more. 425 00:24:49,979 --> 00:24:51,567 - Fucking hell! 426 00:24:51,602 --> 00:24:52,982 - When, when? 427 00:24:53,017 --> 00:24:54,605 - It'll be next week. - Next week. 428 00:24:54,639 --> 00:24:56,123 - It doesn't give us much time, that. 429 00:24:56,158 --> 00:24:58,056 Doesn't that van have a police escort? 430 00:24:58,091 --> 00:24:59,679 - Yeah, it's supposed to, but I've been watching it 431 00:24:59,713 --> 00:25:01,128 for the past few weeks and I'm telling you, 432 00:25:01,163 --> 00:25:02,682 they're getting lazy. - What do you mean? 433 00:25:02,716 --> 00:25:03,821 - Well, they're supposed to follow the van 434 00:25:03,855 --> 00:25:05,374 right the way back to the depot, 435 00:25:05,408 --> 00:25:07,272 but for the past three weeks, 436 00:25:07,307 --> 00:25:10,137 they've been tailing off at the bridge. 437 00:25:10,172 --> 00:25:11,794 - Why? 438 00:25:11,829 --> 00:25:12,692 - Donuts. 439 00:25:12,726 --> 00:25:14,590 - Eh? - Right, 440 00:25:14,625 --> 00:25:16,316 there's a mobile cafe, if you turn left at the bridge, 441 00:25:16,350 --> 00:25:17,938 where they've been going to get coffee and donuts, 442 00:25:17,973 --> 00:25:19,940 instead of turning right and following the van. 443 00:25:19,975 --> 00:25:21,321 - What about the depot? 444 00:25:21,355 --> 00:25:22,978 - [laughing] What about it? 445 00:25:23,012 --> 00:25:24,600 There's one gate between you lads and the prize, 446 00:25:24,635 --> 00:25:26,050 you just need to get through them. 447 00:25:26,084 --> 00:25:27,983 - How do we know when to strike? 448 00:25:28,017 --> 00:25:29,881 - I've got a spot across the road, like a vantage point. 449 00:25:29,916 --> 00:25:31,883 You just need somebody there with a radio 450 00:25:31,918 --> 00:25:33,195 to give you the heads up. 451 00:25:35,646 --> 00:25:37,095 So, 452 00:25:37,130 --> 00:25:38,683 what yous thinking? 453 00:25:40,374 --> 00:25:41,375 - Let's do it. 454 00:25:44,275 --> 00:25:47,174 - [Narrator] 12th of August, Stephen's birthday 455 00:25:47,209 --> 00:25:51,075 and one he would remember for all the right reasons. 456 00:25:51,109 --> 00:25:55,320 [soft orchestral opera music] 457 00:25:55,355 --> 00:25:59,359 [vocalists singing in Italian] 458 00:26:25,488 --> 00:26:29,354 [soft opera music continues] 459 00:26:38,156 --> 00:26:40,469 It's the 12th August, you're listening to Alan Robson here 460 00:26:40,503 --> 00:26:45,129 on GCFC. We go now live to Detective Jeff Scott 461 00:26:45,163 --> 00:26:47,476 who's leading the investigation into the spate of armed 462 00:26:47,510 --> 00:26:50,893 robberies on Tyneside. Thanks for joining us Detective Scott 463 00:26:50,928 --> 00:26:54,448 what can you tell us? 464 00:26:54,483 --> 00:26:57,762 - An armed robbery took place on Tyneside today, 465 00:26:57,797 --> 00:26:59,212 the perpetrators making off 466 00:26:59,246 --> 00:27:01,870 with a substantial amount of cash. 467 00:27:01,904 --> 00:27:04,700 The raid was carried out with split second timing 468 00:27:04,735 --> 00:27:08,083 and what can only be described as military precision. 469 00:27:08,117 --> 00:27:10,430 We're appealing for people to come forward, 470 00:27:10,464 --> 00:27:13,122 who may have seen the incident take place. 471 00:27:13,157 --> 00:27:15,677 We are dealing with a new breed of criminal. 472 00:27:17,886 --> 00:27:21,786 Good morning and ah, welcome to our daily briefing. 473 00:27:23,305 --> 00:27:26,273 So, are we any further forward on yesterday's robbery? 474 00:27:26,308 --> 00:27:29,276 - We have done a thorough forensic search of the Range Rover 475 00:27:29,311 --> 00:27:33,384 but found no prints or anything of significance, sir. 476 00:27:33,418 --> 00:27:35,282 - Witnesses, anybody talking? 477 00:27:35,317 --> 00:27:38,458 - The robbers were masked up, boiler suits, local accents 478 00:27:38,492 --> 00:27:40,253 and they were in and out, 479 00:27:40,287 --> 00:27:43,083 very organised, military precision. 480 00:27:43,118 --> 00:27:46,431 - This has Sayers' fingerprints all over it. 481 00:27:46,466 --> 00:27:48,502 Look, if we don't put a stop to this now, 482 00:27:48,537 --> 00:27:50,746 then the streets of Newcastle are gonna become 483 00:27:50,781 --> 00:27:53,507 like the streets of New York and I won't have that here, 484 00:27:53,542 --> 00:27:55,855 not on my watch. 485 00:27:55,889 --> 00:27:58,478 - So sir, where do you suggest we start? 486 00:27:58,512 --> 00:28:00,791 [phone ringing] 487 00:28:00,825 --> 00:28:02,275 - Iceton. 488 00:28:02,309 --> 00:28:05,381 [background office workers bustling] 489 00:28:05,416 --> 00:28:08,350 Sir, there's a lady on the front desk, 490 00:28:08,384 --> 00:28:11,422 says she can identify one of the robbers. 491 00:28:13,389 --> 00:28:14,874 [receiver clattering] 492 00:28:17,808 --> 00:28:21,950 Thank you for agreeing to go through this ordeal. 493 00:28:21,984 --> 00:28:25,539 I appreciate how stressful this must be for you. 494 00:28:25,574 --> 00:28:27,196 - It's okay. 495 00:28:27,231 --> 00:28:32,270 - So I have pictures of six men here on screen. 496 00:28:33,996 --> 00:28:37,206 They all look very similar in build and in look, 497 00:28:38,967 --> 00:28:41,279 I just need you to tell me if the man you saw that day 498 00:28:41,314 --> 00:28:43,903 is pictured here on screen, okay? 499 00:28:43,937 --> 00:28:47,113 So please take as much time 500 00:28:47,976 --> 00:28:50,116 as you need, okay. 501 00:28:53,498 --> 00:28:55,466 Just walk through it. 502 00:28:56,467 --> 00:28:58,780 Okay, just take your time. 503 00:29:02,645 --> 00:29:04,440 Have you reached a decision? 504 00:29:04,475 --> 00:29:05,407 - That one. 505 00:29:10,515 --> 00:29:13,587 [car door clicking] 506 00:29:15,037 --> 00:29:16,832 [car door thudding] 507 00:29:18,351 --> 00:29:22,148 John Henry Sayers, I'm arresting you for the armed robbery 508 00:29:22,182 --> 00:29:23,977 at Sunderland Post Office Depot. 509 00:29:24,012 --> 00:29:26,911 You have a right to remain silent, but anything you do say 510 00:29:26,946 --> 00:29:29,362 may be taken down and used in evidence. 511 00:29:38,129 --> 00:29:41,063 [button clicking] 512 00:29:45,965 --> 00:29:49,485 - Okay, ah, so, ah, 513 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:52,972 for the benefit of the tape, it is 11 a.m., 514 00:29:53,006 --> 00:29:55,181 the 14th of September. 515 00:29:55,215 --> 00:29:57,908 Present are myself, Detective Scott 516 00:29:57,942 --> 00:30:00,289 and also Detective Iceton. 517 00:30:02,671 --> 00:30:05,225 Could you confirm your name for me please? 518 00:30:09,333 --> 00:30:10,921 - John Henry Sayers. 519 00:30:10,955 --> 00:30:12,439 - Your date of birth? - 25th of September. 520 00:30:12,474 --> 00:30:14,096 - Now before we start, 521 00:30:14,131 --> 00:30:16,512 would you like a glass of water, Mr. Sayers? 522 00:30:20,551 --> 00:30:21,586 [belt slapping] - Uh! 523 00:30:22,484 --> 00:30:24,072 - No, thank you. 524 00:30:24,106 --> 00:30:26,488 - So shall we start with your whereabouts 525 00:30:26,522 --> 00:30:28,904 on the 12th of August, Mr. Sayers? 526 00:30:28,939 --> 00:30:29,871 - No comment. 527 00:30:34,220 --> 00:30:37,016 [phone ringing] 528 00:30:42,331 --> 00:30:43,263 - Hello. 529 00:30:44,264 --> 00:30:45,196 Who is it? 530 00:30:51,099 --> 00:30:53,964 All right, cuz, I'll see you in five minutes. 531 00:31:02,144 --> 00:31:03,249 - Who was it? 532 00:31:04,284 --> 00:31:05,527 Is everything all right? 533 00:31:05,561 --> 00:31:07,253 - Our John's been lifted. 534 00:31:08,116 --> 00:31:09,358 - So what you doing? 535 00:31:10,497 --> 00:31:11,982 - Gotta go, pet. 536 00:31:14,018 --> 00:31:15,330 - When will I see you again? 537 00:31:15,364 --> 00:31:16,607 - When everything quietens down. 538 00:31:16,641 --> 00:31:18,091 - Are they looking for you like? 539 00:31:18,126 --> 00:31:19,230 - Aren't they always? 540 00:31:23,338 --> 00:31:25,098 Love you. 541 00:31:25,133 --> 00:31:26,341 - [Donna] Love you too. 542 00:31:31,622 --> 00:31:33,210 - [Narrator] With John locked up, 543 00:31:33,244 --> 00:31:34,349 it was only a matter of time 544 00:31:34,383 --> 00:31:36,282 before they came for Stephen 545 00:31:36,316 --> 00:31:39,043 and so he weren't hanging about like a sitting duck. 546 00:31:41,804 --> 00:31:43,116 [dog barking] 547 00:31:43,151 --> 00:31:44,014 [car door thudding] 548 00:31:44,048 --> 00:31:45,084 [crow cawing] 549 00:31:45,118 --> 00:31:46,050 [dog barking] 550 00:31:46,085 --> 00:31:47,465 [hands patting] 551 00:31:47,500 --> 00:31:49,329 - Our Stephen, it's been a while. 552 00:31:49,364 --> 00:31:51,159 - I need a roof over my head for a couple of nights, 553 00:31:51,193 --> 00:31:52,574 can you help us out? 554 00:31:52,608 --> 00:31:54,507 - Aye, you can stay here, you know, 555 00:31:54,541 --> 00:31:56,129 you're more than welcome, stay as long as you want. 556 00:31:56,164 --> 00:31:58,062 - Can you still get a hold of them passports? 557 00:31:58,097 --> 00:31:59,477 - What, for like a holiday? - Aye, something like that. 558 00:31:59,512 --> 00:32:01,100 I could do with a bit of sun on my back. 559 00:32:01,134 --> 00:32:02,515 - Leave it with us, leave it with us. 560 00:32:02,549 --> 00:32:04,413 [dog barking] 561 00:32:04,448 --> 00:32:08,038 In fact, get yourself in there now, get washed, get ready, 562 00:32:08,072 --> 00:32:09,729 got some entertainment tonight. 563 00:32:09,763 --> 00:32:10,799 - Entertainment? 564 00:32:10,833 --> 00:32:12,663 - Aye, entertainment. 565 00:32:12,697 --> 00:32:14,734 [dog barking] 566 00:32:14,768 --> 00:32:17,047 [crow cawing] 567 00:32:17,081 --> 00:32:19,601 [dogs barking] 568 00:32:23,087 --> 00:32:24,433 - All right, mate. 569 00:32:24,468 --> 00:32:25,503 - [Traveler] Ticket please, mate. 570 00:32:27,091 --> 00:32:28,748 - No, no, mate, he's with me. 571 00:32:29,611 --> 00:32:30,681 - You must be Stephen? 572 00:32:30,715 --> 00:32:32,303 - Yeah, that's me. 573 00:32:32,338 --> 00:32:34,374 - [Traveler] I've been asked to give you this. 574 00:32:34,409 --> 00:32:37,170 - Ladies and gents, welcome to the ring 575 00:32:37,205 --> 00:32:40,139 your Bare Knuckle Champion, Big Phil! 576 00:32:40,173 --> 00:32:43,728 [crowd applauding] 577 00:32:43,763 --> 00:32:47,456 And his challenger today, Mad Mickey! 578 00:32:47,491 --> 00:32:50,701 [crowd applauding] 579 00:32:50,735 --> 00:32:52,806 Riley, you're in the red, 580 00:32:52,841 --> 00:32:55,464 Shaw, you're in the blue. 581 00:32:56,569 --> 00:32:57,673 - [Traveler] Come on, Phil! 582 00:32:57,708 --> 00:33:01,539 [crowd shouting encouragement] 583 00:33:19,592 --> 00:33:24,459 [crowd shouting encouragement continues] 584 00:33:34,779 --> 00:33:38,438 - No, in your face, in your face, stop, stop, stop! 585 00:33:38,473 --> 00:33:39,405 Go on. 586 00:33:40,544 --> 00:33:41,683 Fight, fight! 587 00:33:42,684 --> 00:33:45,825 [crowd shouting encouragement] 588 00:34:08,537 --> 00:34:13,404 [crowd shouting encouragement continues] 589 00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:17,201 - Go on, go on, Mickey! - Ooh! 590 00:34:17,236 --> 00:34:22,103 [crowd shouting encouragement continues] 591 00:34:31,595 --> 00:34:35,737 [melodic orchestral opera music] 592 00:34:44,401 --> 00:34:46,679 - [Narrator] Stephen's cousin, Frankie 593 00:34:46,713 --> 00:34:48,439 had arrived a day earlier, 594 00:34:48,474 --> 00:34:52,650 sun, sand, Sangria and spliffs. 595 00:34:52,685 --> 00:34:54,169 [vocalist singing opera in Italian] 596 00:34:54,204 --> 00:34:56,344 Tenerife was Stephen's kind of place 597 00:34:56,378 --> 00:34:59,450 and he was gonna make the best of it. 598 00:34:59,485 --> 00:35:03,523 Like I say, he weren't gonna be no sitting duck. 599 00:35:03,558 --> 00:35:08,149 [vocalists singing opera in Italian] 600 00:35:33,519 --> 00:35:37,661 [cheerful opera music continues] 601 00:36:03,549 --> 00:36:07,691 [cheerful opera music continues] 602 00:36:32,612 --> 00:36:36,754 [cheerful opera music continues] 603 00:36:43,727 --> 00:36:45,867 - Here you are, clear this. 604 00:36:45,901 --> 00:36:48,835 [balls thudding] [background people chattering] 605 00:36:48,870 --> 00:36:50,665 Good shot, son. 606 00:36:50,699 --> 00:36:54,703 [background people chattering] 607 00:36:56,947 --> 00:36:58,949 Where's the black going? 608 00:36:58,983 --> 00:37:02,884 [background people chattering] 609 00:37:02,918 --> 00:37:03,885 [balls thudding] 610 00:37:03,919 --> 00:37:05,438 - Good luck, son. 611 00:37:06,612 --> 00:37:10,616 [background people chattering] 612 00:37:17,864 --> 00:37:19,487 - I'm on next. 613 00:37:19,521 --> 00:37:20,867 - Well, put your name on the board, Walter, 614 00:37:20,902 --> 00:37:22,731 same as everybody else. 615 00:37:22,766 --> 00:37:23,698 Good lad. 616 00:37:25,700 --> 00:37:28,081 - Do what, mate? - Are you Mutton Jeff, son? 617 00:37:28,116 --> 00:37:29,842 He said put your name on the board. 618 00:37:29,876 --> 00:37:31,947 - No. [laughing] 619 00:37:33,639 --> 00:37:35,365 - Nitto, cuz, nitto. 620 00:37:35,399 --> 00:37:38,022 - I'll give you a lesson in this game, 621 00:37:38,057 --> 00:37:41,025 you fucking Geordie maggot. 622 00:37:41,060 --> 00:37:41,992 - Is that right? 623 00:37:42,026 --> 00:37:43,027 Tell you what, 624 00:37:44,512 --> 00:37:45,616 let's spin for it. 625 00:37:46,652 --> 00:37:50,345 [background people chattering] 626 00:37:50,380 --> 00:37:51,553 Heads or tails? 627 00:37:51,588 --> 00:37:52,485 - Heads. 628 00:37:57,041 --> 00:37:59,734 [blow thudding] - Uh! 629 00:37:59,768 --> 00:38:00,700 - It's tails. 630 00:38:03,841 --> 00:38:05,498 Bother inside, lads. 631 00:38:05,533 --> 00:38:07,604 - It was fucking murder man in there. 632 00:38:07,638 --> 00:38:10,986 - [Narrator] It was a lesson learned for Cockney Ed. 633 00:38:11,021 --> 00:38:13,989 He took Stephen's politeness for a weakness 634 00:38:14,024 --> 00:38:16,785 and he learned the hard way, 635 00:38:16,820 --> 00:38:19,374 but instead of looking for revenge, 636 00:38:19,409 --> 00:38:23,136 he came back with a white flag and a proposition. 637 00:38:27,624 --> 00:38:29,591 - Any news on Stephen Sayers? 638 00:38:29,626 --> 00:38:31,800 - Disappeared into thin air, boss. 639 00:38:31,835 --> 00:38:36,391 - Great, so we can add magician to his fucking resume now. 640 00:38:36,426 --> 00:38:39,083 - Word on the street is he's headed to the Costas. 641 00:38:39,118 --> 00:38:41,603 - Where? - Spain. 642 00:38:41,638 --> 00:38:44,399 - Who does he think he is, Ronnie Biggs? 643 00:38:44,434 --> 00:38:46,090 - Any progress with John? 644 00:38:46,125 --> 00:38:50,819 - No, he's sitting tight, he knows we've got nothing on him. 645 00:38:50,854 --> 00:38:51,820 - Now what? 646 00:38:52,925 --> 00:38:54,547 - We need more evidence, 647 00:38:54,582 --> 00:38:59,483 or we're gonna have to let him go. [sighing] 648 00:39:00,035 --> 00:39:02,141 [water lapping] 649 00:39:03,832 --> 00:39:05,696 - [Tony] What do you fucking want? 650 00:39:05,731 --> 00:39:09,976 - Mate, sit down, tranquilo, I don't want no problems. 651 00:39:10,011 --> 00:39:14,015 [background people chattering] 652 00:39:22,264 --> 00:39:24,957 I've come here to apologise, 653 00:39:24,991 --> 00:39:27,925 I was bang out of order yesterday. 654 00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:29,582 - Do you want some breakfast? 655 00:39:30,894 --> 00:39:33,690 - I'll have a white coffee, no sugar. 656 00:39:33,724 --> 00:39:34,760 - [Stephen] Sharon! 657 00:39:36,278 --> 00:39:38,177 Can I have two coffees please, pet? 658 00:39:39,489 --> 00:39:41,145 - How long you boys here for? 659 00:39:41,180 --> 00:39:42,906 - We're not planning on going anywhere, 660 00:39:42,940 --> 00:39:44,563 if that's what you're thinking. 661 00:39:44,597 --> 00:39:46,806 - Why like, London, what's on your mind? 662 00:39:46,841 --> 00:39:50,845 - Look, I know we got off on the wrong foot, 663 00:39:51,915 --> 00:39:54,573 but I wanna make it right. 664 00:39:54,607 --> 00:39:55,988 - How were you planning doing that? 665 00:39:56,022 --> 00:39:58,162 - There's someone I'd like you to meet, 666 00:39:58,197 --> 00:40:01,890 7 p.m. Irish bar, Main Street. 667 00:40:08,552 --> 00:40:09,726 - See you there. 668 00:40:12,729 --> 00:40:15,490 You see that fucking bloke down that bar last night? 669 00:40:15,525 --> 00:40:17,285 He'd been in it, the Winchester, 670 00:40:17,319 --> 00:40:19,805 he was fucking singing all the fucking best tunes, Sinatra. 671 00:40:19,839 --> 00:40:21,565 - It's a canny voice actually. - He's called the Godfather 672 00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:22,842 of Swing, you know. - What a chucker, 673 00:40:22,877 --> 00:40:24,223 what a chucker, what a day. 674 00:40:24,257 --> 00:40:26,121 - Honestly. - Good turn, mate. 675 00:40:26,156 --> 00:40:28,020 - He's a fucking good turn, aye, he was fucking sweating. 676 00:40:28,054 --> 00:40:30,056 Oh, hold on, look lively, lads, they're here. 677 00:40:30,091 --> 00:40:31,713 Take that fucking phone, cuz. 678 00:40:42,793 --> 00:40:47,626 - Evening, Mr. Sayers, my name's Pat, this is Tony. 679 00:40:47,660 --> 00:40:49,524 - Wagwan. 680 00:40:49,559 --> 00:40:51,250 - You might not know who we are, but we know who you are. 681 00:40:51,284 --> 00:40:53,045 Oh, I know who you lads are, I'm just a busy man. 682 00:40:53,079 --> 00:40:54,943 What are you lads wanting? 683 00:40:54,978 --> 00:40:58,637 - Look, we want to introduce you into the future mate. 684 00:40:59,741 --> 00:41:02,019 - This is the new ecstasy. 685 00:41:02,054 --> 00:41:04,781 We've got kids going crazy for this stuff 686 00:41:04,815 --> 00:41:07,024 and we've built a very lucrative business supplying Essex 687 00:41:07,059 --> 00:41:09,855 with these and we're looking to expand nationally. 688 00:41:09,889 --> 00:41:10,994 - Are you lads sure? 689 00:41:11,028 --> 00:41:13,721 - Yeah, mate, we're very sure, 690 00:41:13,755 --> 00:41:18,553 we are about to enter a new summer of love. 691 00:41:18,588 --> 00:41:20,072 - To put it simply, Stephen, 692 00:41:20,106 --> 00:41:22,592 whoever controls the supply of pills, 693 00:41:22,626 --> 00:41:24,317 controls the success of the clubs. 694 00:41:25,629 --> 00:41:27,735 And with that in mind, 695 00:41:27,769 --> 00:41:30,151 I'd like to discuss with you a commercial arrangement. 696 00:41:30,185 --> 00:41:33,637 - So if this is the future, what's the deal? 697 00:41:33,672 --> 00:41:37,192 - It's your lucky day. [laughing] 698 00:41:37,227 --> 00:41:39,367 - We have a very good supply network, 699 00:41:39,401 --> 00:41:41,990 but I can supply all your doors in Newcastle, 700 00:41:42,025 --> 00:41:45,269 using our existing established network. 701 00:41:46,995 --> 00:41:50,723 - Just tell us what you want and when you want them. 702 00:41:50,758 --> 00:41:51,931 - Mates' rates? 703 00:41:51,966 --> 00:41:54,658 - Wye aye, man. [laughing] 704 00:41:58,041 --> 00:42:00,595 - These are selling for 20 quid each, 705 00:42:00,630 --> 00:42:04,634 I can supply you at five pound each in bags of 5,000. 706 00:42:06,946 --> 00:42:09,915 Would you like to control the doors of Newcastle, Stephen? 707 00:42:09,949 --> 00:42:11,399 - Oh, I already do. 708 00:42:11,433 --> 00:42:13,194 - And do you wanna keep it that way? 709 00:42:15,196 --> 00:42:19,131 - Let me make a few phone calls and I'll get back to you. 710 00:42:19,165 --> 00:42:22,099 Maybe I could treat you do a bit of Geordie hospitality? 711 00:42:22,134 --> 00:42:23,653 - Sounds good to me. 712 00:42:25,655 --> 00:42:27,898 - Excuse me, lads, I've gotta get that. 713 00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:39,772 Hello? 714 00:42:41,015 --> 00:42:41,947 Go on. 715 00:42:44,259 --> 00:42:45,985 Haway then. 716 00:42:50,024 --> 00:42:50,956 - Brilliant. 717 00:42:51,888 --> 00:42:52,820 When? 718 00:42:54,131 --> 00:42:57,134 [Stephen laughing] 719 00:42:59,412 --> 00:43:01,138 - Give us a couple of days, 720 00:43:01,173 --> 00:43:03,071 I've got a couple of loose ends to tie up. 721 00:43:03,106 --> 00:43:05,384 - [Michael] Okay, I'll let her know. 722 00:43:05,418 --> 00:43:09,043 - Tell my mam I love her and I'll see John soon. 723 00:43:10,423 --> 00:43:11,839 See you later, Michael. 724 00:43:16,188 --> 00:43:17,638 - [Pat] So we got a deal? 725 00:43:19,329 --> 00:43:21,089 - We've got a deal. 726 00:43:22,125 --> 00:43:23,022 [all laughing] 727 00:43:24,783 --> 00:43:26,923 - I think that deserves a toast, don't you, Tone? 728 00:43:26,957 --> 00:43:28,407 - New beginnings! - New beginnings! 729 00:43:28,441 --> 00:43:30,720 - New beginnings! [glasses clinking] 730 00:43:32,031 --> 00:43:33,170 - [Tony] Are you sweet, cuz? 731 00:43:33,205 --> 00:43:34,137 - Yeah. - Yeah? 732 00:43:35,345 --> 00:43:37,002 - Our John's coming home. 733 00:43:37,036 --> 00:43:39,694 - No, fucking cushty! [Stephen laughing] 734 00:43:39,729 --> 00:43:41,662 That deserves a toast. 735 00:44:12,037 --> 00:44:13,383 - [Stephen] Cuz. 736 00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:15,350 - [Frankie] Cuz. 737 00:44:15,385 --> 00:44:17,076 - Where's our Tony? 738 00:44:17,111 --> 00:44:19,009 - Passed out with a hooker. 739 00:44:19,044 --> 00:44:21,425 - [Stephen] [laughing] Not that Jeanine again, is it? 740 00:44:23,186 --> 00:44:26,292 - I don't think he realises that the point of a brass 741 00:44:27,949 --> 00:44:29,779 is you can have a different one each night. 742 00:44:29,813 --> 00:44:32,126 - Aye, to be fair, like, I wouldn't touch her with yours. 743 00:44:32,160 --> 00:44:33,921 - Aye. [laughing] 744 00:44:36,544 --> 00:44:38,753 Long way from York Street now. 745 00:44:40,030 --> 00:44:42,412 - Aye, who would've thought it? 746 00:44:46,899 --> 00:44:49,108 - Do you ever think about it? 747 00:44:49,143 --> 00:44:50,454 - [Stephen] About what? 748 00:44:51,455 --> 00:44:53,043 - Well, getting out. 749 00:44:54,596 --> 00:44:56,184 - The only person I'm thinking about pulling out 750 00:44:56,219 --> 00:44:58,808 is our Tony, imagine a bairn between them two. 751 00:44:58,842 --> 00:45:01,051 - You'd just take one look at the poor, little fucker 752 00:45:01,086 --> 00:45:03,295 and you'd know, wouldn't you? - Know what? 753 00:45:04,296 --> 00:45:06,022 - Should've been a blowjob. 754 00:45:06,056 --> 00:45:07,989 [both laughing] 755 00:45:08,024 --> 00:45:11,544 - Listen, joking aside, we're just getting started, Frankie, 756 00:45:13,339 --> 00:45:16,895 this deal, this really is the start of the big time. 757 00:45:18,137 --> 00:45:20,864 - I know, I know. 758 00:45:22,210 --> 00:45:23,315 I was just thinking, 759 00:45:25,213 --> 00:45:27,906 do you think we're, do you think we're getting, what if- 760 00:45:27,940 --> 00:45:29,597 - What? 761 00:45:29,631 --> 00:45:31,772 - [Frankie] What if we're getting out our depth? 762 00:45:33,118 --> 00:45:34,222 - We rule, Frankie. 763 00:45:36,190 --> 00:45:40,159 We say how high, how low, how deep. 764 00:45:40,194 --> 00:45:41,885 We're a new breed of criminal. 765 00:45:44,370 --> 00:45:49,341 This place, it's never seen the like of the Sayers. 766 00:45:50,894 --> 00:45:53,517 - Donna, aren't yous two trying for bairns? 767 00:45:53,552 --> 00:45:56,037 - Aunt Vera's already got the names picked. 768 00:45:56,072 --> 00:45:59,144 You won't believe who she think is gonna be the godfather. 769 00:45:59,178 --> 00:46:01,387 - Haway man, cuz, I'm trying to be serious. 770 00:46:03,010 --> 00:46:03,942 - So am I, 771 00:46:04,943 --> 00:46:06,392 deadly serious. 772 00:46:08,049 --> 00:46:09,568 Donna, John, 773 00:46:11,190 --> 00:46:14,055 Michael, my mam and dad, 774 00:46:14,090 --> 00:46:16,886 Vera, Uncle Albert, 775 00:46:16,920 --> 00:46:19,164 they're the ones what we're doing this for, 776 00:46:19,198 --> 00:46:20,544 otherwise what have we got? 777 00:46:22,236 --> 00:46:23,168 That, 778 00:46:25,584 --> 00:46:27,966 without family, it's just a building. 779 00:46:29,277 --> 00:46:30,934 Family's everything. 780 00:46:35,456 --> 00:46:36,388 - You know, 781 00:46:37,596 --> 00:46:40,185 I look at them losers in the gutter, 782 00:46:42,187 --> 00:46:45,604 scratching around in the dirt all week, 783 00:46:45,638 --> 00:46:47,295 for what, pennies? 784 00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:50,091 - But then there's us. 785 00:46:52,369 --> 00:46:54,199 What would you rather have? 786 00:46:56,615 --> 00:46:57,616 Family. 787 00:48:16,108 --> 00:48:19,663 [car door clicking] 788 00:48:19,698 --> 00:48:22,528 [car door thudding] 789 00:48:22,563 --> 00:48:26,291 [traffic rumbling quietly] 790 00:48:32,676 --> 00:48:34,161 - Hello, son. 791 00:48:34,195 --> 00:48:35,162 - Hello, Dad, how are you? 792 00:48:35,196 --> 00:48:36,646 - I'm good, how are you? 793 00:48:36,680 --> 00:48:40,201 You're looking great? Yeah, your ma's here. 794 00:48:40,236 --> 00:48:41,064 - Mum. - Son. 795 00:48:41,099 --> 00:48:42,445 Oh, look at you. 796 00:48:43,756 --> 00:48:47,070 I didn't want all this fuss, your dad insisted. 797 00:48:47,105 --> 00:48:49,314 Any excuse for a drink. 798 00:48:49,348 --> 00:48:51,316 - Some things never change, eh? 799 00:48:51,350 --> 00:48:52,317 [background people chattering] 800 00:48:52,351 --> 00:48:54,181 Is our Stephen back? 801 00:48:54,215 --> 00:48:57,494 - Yes, this morning, he should be here in a minute. 802 00:48:58,599 --> 00:49:00,670 - You ladies fancy a drink? 803 00:49:00,704 --> 00:49:04,260 [car door clicking] 804 00:49:04,294 --> 00:49:07,366 [car door thudding] 805 00:49:08,678 --> 00:49:11,370 [car door thudding] 806 00:49:11,405 --> 00:49:14,270 [traffic rumbling quietly] 807 00:49:14,304 --> 00:49:17,411 - [Michael] Ah, the prodigal son returns. 808 00:49:17,445 --> 00:49:18,757 [hand patting] - Michael, how are you, man? 809 00:49:18,791 --> 00:49:20,379 - [Michael] I'm cush, I'm cush. 810 00:49:20,414 --> 00:49:22,071 Do you want a drink? 811 00:49:22,105 --> 00:49:23,555 - I'll have a double vodka. 812 00:49:23,589 --> 00:49:25,453 - No bother. - Where's my mam? 813 00:49:25,488 --> 00:49:28,180 - She's over there, go and see her, I'll get the drinks in. 814 00:49:28,215 --> 00:49:29,630 - Oh. - Hello, Mam. 815 00:49:29,664 --> 00:49:31,597 - Oh, look at you, you're looking well. 816 00:49:31,632 --> 00:49:34,842 My, the sun's done you the world are good. Thanks Mom. 817 00:49:34,876 --> 00:49:36,464 Me dad here? 818 00:49:36,499 --> 00:49:37,465 - Oh, propping the bar up as usual. 819 00:49:37,500 --> 00:49:38,570 - Oh aye, I can see him. 820 00:49:38,604 --> 00:49:40,192 - Is Donna not with you. 821 00:49:40,227 --> 00:49:41,780 - Ah, she's not feeling too well. 822 00:49:41,814 --> 00:49:42,746 - We've missed you. 823 00:49:42,781 --> 00:49:43,609 - I know. 824 00:49:43,644 --> 00:49:45,473 - Well listen, 825 00:49:45,508 --> 00:49:47,061 I'm gonna say the same to you as I've said to our John. 826 00:49:47,096 --> 00:49:48,787 Oh listen man, it's good to stop. 827 00:49:48,821 --> 00:49:50,133 - What Mam? 828 00:49:50,168 --> 00:49:51,721 - You know what? 829 00:49:51,755 --> 00:49:53,240 How can I take the stress? 830 00:49:54,310 --> 00:49:55,725 You know, get in the back door 831 00:49:55,759 --> 00:49:57,692 belted in every week and police rifling 832 00:49:57,727 --> 00:49:59,315 through me underwear drawer. 833 00:50:01,110 --> 00:50:03,284 There's only one way that this is gonna go, Stephen. 834 00:50:06,287 --> 00:50:07,702 No happy ending to the life 835 00:50:07,737 --> 00:50:09,325 that you three have chosen, you know. 836 00:50:11,810 --> 00:50:13,536 Haway. 837 00:50:13,570 --> 00:50:17,609 Please think about it, man. For me. 838 00:50:19,680 --> 00:50:21,440 - Hola, Senor Sayers. 839 00:50:21,475 --> 00:50:23,097 - John, how are you? 840 00:50:23,132 --> 00:50:24,236 - I'm alright. How are you? 841 00:50:24,271 --> 00:50:25,375 - Good. How was it in there? 842 00:50:25,410 --> 00:50:26,238 - Nout I couldn't handle. 843 00:50:26,273 --> 00:50:27,722 How was Spain? 844 00:50:27,757 --> 00:50:28,585 - Hotter than our Philip's caravan. 845 00:50:28,620 --> 00:50:30,208 [both laughing] 846 00:50:30,242 --> 00:50:31,450 - Here you go, lads. 847 00:50:32,796 --> 00:50:35,282 - Cheers. Just turn that television down please. 848 00:50:35,316 --> 00:50:37,318 Ladies and gentleman, please, can I have your attention? 849 00:50:37,353 --> 00:50:39,389 Can you all raise your glass to me brothers, 850 00:50:39,424 --> 00:50:41,288 they've just come home today. 851 00:50:41,322 --> 00:50:43,842 John, Stephen. 852 00:50:43,876 --> 00:50:45,326 [glasses clinking] - Cheers mate. 853 00:50:45,361 --> 00:50:46,534 - John and Stephen. - Cheers. 854 00:50:46,569 --> 00:50:48,226 - Cheers! - Cheers. 855 00:50:52,678 --> 00:50:54,473 - Give me two minutes, Stephen, I need to wee. 856 00:50:54,508 --> 00:50:56,406 The taxi here? 857 00:50:56,441 --> 00:50:57,856 - My lift's here. I've gotta go and see John and Michael. 858 00:50:57,890 --> 00:50:59,513 - I thought we're going out together. 859 00:50:59,547 --> 00:51:00,652 - All right, Donna, you know how it is. 860 00:51:00,686 --> 00:51:02,205 - Oh I know exactly how it is. 861 00:51:02,240 --> 00:51:03,655 You've been sunning it up in Spain 862 00:51:03,689 --> 00:51:04,725 whilst I've been stuck here in the pissing rain 863 00:51:04,759 --> 00:51:06,658 making ends meet. 864 00:51:06,692 --> 00:51:08,211 And the first day home you were away outta the lads. 865 00:51:08,246 --> 00:51:09,350 - I'll not be late. 866 00:51:09,385 --> 00:51:10,627 - Oh you'll not be getting in. 867 00:51:10,662 --> 00:51:12,112 - Donna! Donna! 868 00:51:17,634 --> 00:51:21,638 [background people chattering] 869 00:51:24,710 --> 00:51:25,642 - Three? 870 00:51:25,677 --> 00:51:26,885 - Cheers, Vic. 871 00:51:44,834 --> 00:51:46,387 - So what was Tenerife like then? 872 00:51:46,422 --> 00:51:47,871 - I saw the future. 873 00:51:47,906 --> 00:51:49,528 - Oh aye. What's that then? 874 00:51:52,497 --> 00:51:53,843 - These. 875 00:51:53,877 --> 00:51:54,982 - What are these? 876 00:51:55,016 --> 00:51:56,742 - A new breed of ecstasy. 877 00:51:58,227 --> 00:52:00,332 Newcastle's not gonna know what's hit it. 878 00:52:01,230 --> 00:52:02,162 Michael. 879 00:52:17,798 --> 00:52:20,525 - What do they do exactly? 880 00:52:45,584 --> 00:52:47,310 - [Narrator] The new summer of love was upon them 881 00:52:47,345 --> 00:52:48,898 and they were gonna make more money 882 00:52:48,932 --> 00:52:51,521 than they had ever had before. 883 00:52:52,902 --> 00:52:56,561 [traffic rumbling softly] 884 00:53:05,432 --> 00:53:08,366 [car boot clicks] 885 00:53:14,648 --> 00:53:17,547 - Alright boys! [Stephen chuckles] 886 00:53:17,582 --> 00:53:20,792 There you are, mate. - Good seeing you. 887 00:53:22,345 --> 00:53:24,278 - I've got a lovely parcel for you- 888 00:53:24,313 --> 00:53:25,348 - Are these the same as the last batch, Ed? 889 00:53:25,383 --> 00:53:27,039 - Mate, different buzz. 890 00:53:27,074 --> 00:53:31,285 Fucking absolutely bang on. Called Mitzy's Revenge. 891 00:53:31,320 --> 00:53:33,563 - Mitzy's Revenge? - Yeah. 892 00:53:33,598 --> 00:53:35,945 Like the old Mitsubishi car. 893 00:53:38,775 --> 00:53:40,777 - [Narrator] They were finally at the top of that tree 894 00:53:40,812 --> 00:53:43,332 and things were going well for them. 895 00:53:43,366 --> 00:53:44,298 But the police? 896 00:53:45,575 --> 00:53:47,922 They were never going to let that last. 897 00:53:47,957 --> 00:53:51,098 Not in a thousand years. 898 00:53:51,132 --> 00:53:54,066 - Tommy, it's Vic. We've got a problem. 899 00:53:54,101 --> 00:53:55,792 The police have told me they don't want 900 00:53:55,827 --> 00:53:57,794 any of the sales on our premises. 901 00:53:59,486 --> 00:54:01,695 Our licences are up for renewal in a couple of weeks. 902 00:54:01,729 --> 00:54:05,457 If we don't comply, we got a bigger problem. 903 00:54:06,665 --> 00:54:07,597 Gimme a call. 904 00:54:10,117 --> 00:54:13,845 [music thudding distantly] 905 00:54:31,380 --> 00:54:33,554 I don't want any dealers in here from now on. 906 00:54:33,589 --> 00:54:36,350 That includes the Sayers. Do you hear me? 907 00:54:37,109 --> 00:54:38,041 - Are you sure? 908 00:54:40,665 --> 00:54:42,045 - I said do you hear me? 909 00:54:42,080 --> 00:54:43,633 You fucking deaf? 910 00:54:43,668 --> 00:54:44,634 - These people are fucking dangerous Vic. 911 00:54:44,669 --> 00:54:46,567 - They're not the mafia. 912 00:54:46,602 --> 00:54:48,604 They're a family of Westenders who think they run Newcastle. 913 00:54:48,638 --> 00:54:49,812 Well they fucking don't. 914 00:54:50,985 --> 00:54:52,573 They're a couple of jumped up, 915 00:54:52,608 --> 00:54:54,644 jack the lads out of their depth. 916 00:54:54,679 --> 00:54:56,681 They think they're big fish in a little pond. 917 00:54:57,992 --> 00:54:59,062 Well it's my pond. 918 00:54:59,994 --> 00:55:00,961 They wanna play? 919 00:55:02,445 --> 00:55:05,034 Come in. The water's lovely. 920 00:55:05,068 --> 00:55:06,725 - Don't say I didn't warn you. 921 00:55:16,632 --> 00:55:18,599 - What's happened to yous two like? 922 00:55:18,634 --> 00:55:20,429 - What's happened? 923 00:55:20,463 --> 00:55:21,671 We got knocked back from fucking everywhere last night, 924 00:55:21,706 --> 00:55:22,810 didn't we? 925 00:55:22,845 --> 00:55:24,709 - Aye, we got to the club. 926 00:55:24,743 --> 00:55:26,883 Vic bashed wor and he took all our fucking gear, the cunt. 927 00:55:26,918 --> 00:55:28,506 - Aye, and he's done the same 928 00:55:28,540 --> 00:55:29,955 with the rest of the fucking lads and all. 929 00:55:29,990 --> 00:55:31,094 - It's nee good for businesses this like. 930 00:55:31,129 --> 00:55:32,717 - Nah, and now all our regulars 931 00:55:32,751 --> 00:55:34,201 are going fucking elsewhere mate. 932 00:55:34,235 --> 00:55:35,478 - Did he say why we're getting knocked back? 933 00:55:35,513 --> 00:55:36,893 - Aye, 'cause of Vic. 934 00:55:36,928 --> 00:55:37,894 - I'll tell you what we're gonna do the cunt 935 00:55:37,929 --> 00:55:39,102 for this, me like. 936 00:55:39,137 --> 00:55:40,759 - You just leave it to me, Tommy. 937 00:55:42,520 --> 00:55:45,557 [coffee machine whirring] 938 00:55:45,592 --> 00:55:46,696 We've got a problem. 939 00:55:46,731 --> 00:55:47,973 - Go on. - Vic. 940 00:55:48,008 --> 00:55:49,596 - Vic? 941 00:55:49,630 --> 00:55:51,736 - Aye, he's barred us and all of our lads 942 00:55:51,770 --> 00:55:53,738 from all of his bars in town. 943 00:55:53,772 --> 00:55:55,187 - On whose instruction? 944 00:55:55,222 --> 00:55:57,017 - The bizzies is what I'm hearing. 945 00:55:57,051 --> 00:55:59,813 He's told all the managers that their licences are at risk 946 00:55:59,847 --> 00:56:01,953 unless they start playing the game. 947 00:56:01,987 --> 00:56:04,438 And he's got Vic to crack down on us. 948 00:56:04,473 --> 00:56:06,889 - Fucking sly bastards. 949 00:56:06,923 --> 00:56:08,684 So what do we do? 950 00:56:09,995 --> 00:56:13,205 - We send a little message of our own. 951 00:56:14,690 --> 00:56:16,933 Are you still pals with that lad from Teeside? 952 00:56:16,968 --> 00:56:18,763 - Duffer? - Aye, that's him. 953 00:56:18,797 --> 00:56:19,971 - Get him on the phone. 954 00:56:21,697 --> 00:56:23,595 Let's see what Vic and his boys are made of, eh? 955 00:56:27,219 --> 00:56:28,497 - Did you book the taxis, eh? 956 00:56:28,531 --> 00:56:29,498 - Aye. Aye she's got two coming. 957 00:56:29,532 --> 00:56:30,499 - Where we off? 958 00:56:30,533 --> 00:56:31,845 - Top end of town. 959 00:56:31,879 --> 00:56:33,260 - Aye, going to Vics gather? 960 00:56:33,294 --> 00:56:35,504 - Cushty, I'm on a promise tonight lads. 961 00:56:35,538 --> 00:56:38,058 - Aye, with your furry glove. [everyone laughs] 962 00:56:38,092 --> 00:56:39,611 - Two taxis outside. 963 00:56:39,646 --> 00:56:41,233 - All right, lads. - That's us. 964 00:56:42,683 --> 00:56:47,481 [traffic rumbling] [dance music thudding] 965 00:56:49,759 --> 00:56:51,623 [Michael snorting] 966 00:56:51,658 --> 00:56:53,073 - [Punter] Shouldn't be doing that in here, lads. 967 00:56:53,107 --> 00:56:54,833 - Aye, who the fuck are you? 968 00:56:54,868 --> 00:56:56,110 - Doesn't matter who I am. 969 00:56:56,145 --> 00:56:58,699 [fist thuds] 970 00:56:58,734 --> 00:57:01,909 [Michael laughs] 971 00:57:01,944 --> 00:57:03,290 [upbeat dance music] 972 00:57:03,324 --> 00:57:04,912 So, Duffer, what brings you to Newcastle? 973 00:57:04,947 --> 00:57:06,880 - Thought there was a party going on man. 974 00:57:06,914 --> 00:57:07,984 - Well there is now. 975 00:57:09,710 --> 00:57:11,091 - Yeah. Do you fancy coming down to Vic's tonight with wor. 976 00:57:11,125 --> 00:57:12,851 - Yeah, will I. Ready when you are, pal. 977 00:57:12,886 --> 00:57:13,990 - Not tonight lads. 978 00:57:14,025 --> 00:57:15,854 - What do you mean not tonight? 979 00:57:15,889 --> 00:57:16,855 - I've been tell not to let you and your family in. 980 00:57:16,890 --> 00:57:17,718 - By who? 981 00:57:17,753 --> 00:57:19,651 - Aye, by who? 982 00:57:19,686 --> 00:57:21,204 - Doesn't matter who, yous aren't getting in, right. 983 00:57:21,239 --> 00:57:24,035 [men scuffling] 984 00:57:27,970 --> 00:57:29,489 - Get fucking Vic here now. 985 00:57:31,318 --> 00:57:34,804 [phone ringing] 986 00:57:34,839 --> 00:57:35,771 - Yeah. 987 00:57:38,636 --> 00:57:39,706 What problem? 988 00:57:46,057 --> 00:57:48,128 [upbeat dance music thudding] 989 00:57:48,162 --> 00:57:49,716 - I told you this isn't gonna work. 990 00:57:49,750 --> 00:57:51,303 One of us is gonna end up getting topped. 991 00:57:51,338 --> 00:57:52,926 - What happened? 992 00:57:52,960 --> 00:57:53,961 - They showed up with a lad called the Duffer. 993 00:57:53,996 --> 00:57:55,273 You heard of him? 994 00:57:55,307 --> 00:57:56,826 - Boro? - Aye that's him. 995 00:57:56,861 --> 00:57:59,311 Big lad with a big punch to match and all. 996 00:57:59,346 --> 00:58:01,210 - Where are they now? 997 00:58:01,244 --> 00:58:02,625 - I don't know, but that Duffer's looking for you. 998 00:58:04,040 --> 00:58:05,870 - Be at Portofino's if you need me. 999 00:58:11,323 --> 00:58:12,877 - [Narrator] It was only a matter of time 1000 00:58:12,911 --> 00:58:14,913 before someone else decided to take matters 1001 00:58:14,948 --> 00:58:17,053 into their own hands with Vic. 1002 00:58:17,088 --> 00:58:20,678 And one person was about to make their move. 1003 00:58:22,231 --> 00:58:23,163 - Franco. 1004 00:58:24,716 --> 00:58:28,202 [Franco speaking Italian] 1005 00:58:29,963 --> 00:58:32,759 - Welcome back, sir. - Grazie, grazie. 1006 00:58:32,793 --> 00:58:36,279 [gentle orchestral music] 1007 00:58:39,731 --> 00:58:41,837 - Vic, how are you doing? 1008 00:58:41,871 --> 00:58:43,977 Good to see you mate. - Good to see you. 1009 00:58:44,011 --> 00:58:45,219 - Things okay in London? 1010 00:58:45,254 --> 00:58:46,842 Tutto è bene 1011 00:58:46,876 --> 00:58:49,396 This is Sergio a friend of mine, Sergio, Vic. 1012 00:58:49,430 --> 00:58:50,984 [both speaking Italian] 1013 00:58:51,018 --> 00:58:53,158 You're gonna have something to eat, eh. 1014 00:58:53,193 --> 00:58:54,297 Franco will look after you. 1015 00:58:54,332 --> 00:58:56,403 - Thank you. 1016 00:58:56,437 --> 00:58:58,888 - Enjoy, Enjoy. 1017 00:58:58,923 --> 00:59:03,997 - Good to see you. - And you. And you. 1018 00:59:05,101 --> 00:59:06,033 - Vic. 1019 00:59:07,690 --> 00:59:08,795 - You having a drink. 1020 00:59:10,417 --> 00:59:12,039 - Solito. - Of course. 1021 00:59:12,074 --> 00:59:13,627 - Beer for me please. 1022 00:59:13,662 --> 00:59:14,317 - And can I get you anything to eat? 1023 00:59:15,802 --> 00:59:17,182 - Steaks. The usual? 1024 00:59:18,459 --> 00:59:20,392 - Perfezione. - Of course, Sir. 1025 00:59:20,427 --> 00:59:21,739 - Perfezione. 1026 00:59:24,362 --> 00:59:26,226 - You're looking kinda stressed, mate. 1027 00:59:28,677 --> 00:59:29,609 - Do I? 1028 00:59:31,058 --> 00:59:32,266 - I heard there was a bother out at the club 1029 00:59:32,301 --> 00:59:34,027 with the Sayers and that Duffer. 1030 00:59:34,890 --> 00:59:36,063 Are the lads all right? 1031 00:59:37,340 --> 00:59:38,652 - All quiet on the western front. 1032 00:59:40,343 --> 00:59:41,275 - Good. 1033 00:59:42,449 --> 00:59:45,797 - Vic! Vic! [guns clicking] 1034 00:59:45,832 --> 00:59:48,455 Ah, there you are. Stand up cunt! 1035 00:59:48,489 --> 00:59:50,112 [chair clatters] 1036 00:59:50,146 --> 00:59:51,941 Did I fucking stutter? I said stand up cunt. 1037 00:59:51,976 --> 00:59:53,149 - Nice and easy. Nice and easy. 1038 00:59:53,184 --> 00:59:54,185 - Move now. 1039 00:59:55,462 --> 00:59:57,706 Get in the fucking back. 1040 00:59:59,017 --> 01:00:02,227 - Nice and calm, Ron. Nice and calm mate. 1041 01:00:02,262 --> 01:00:03,677 [fist thuds] 1042 01:00:03,712 --> 01:00:05,196 - Get over there. 1043 01:00:05,230 --> 01:00:08,268 [people grunting] 1044 01:00:08,302 --> 01:00:11,098 [men scuffling] 1045 01:00:11,133 --> 01:00:12,065 Move! 1046 01:00:13,894 --> 01:00:17,173 [Tommy grunting] 1047 01:00:17,208 --> 01:00:20,729 [classical music continues] 1048 01:00:20,763 --> 01:00:25,009 [fists thudding] [Ron grunting] 1049 01:00:25,043 --> 01:00:27,770 [gun clicking] 1050 01:00:30,255 --> 01:00:32,982 [gun clatters] 1051 01:00:34,225 --> 01:00:35,157 Fuck! 1052 01:00:36,227 --> 01:00:39,023 [both grunting] 1053 01:00:41,784 --> 01:00:43,441 Fuck! 1054 01:00:43,475 --> 01:00:46,340 [sirens wailing] - Ron! 1055 01:00:46,375 --> 01:00:47,479 - Stay with me! 1056 01:00:47,514 --> 01:00:50,344 I need help here, I need help. 1057 01:00:50,379 --> 01:00:52,105 - Fucking get down! 1058 01:00:53,037 --> 01:00:55,798 [men grunting] 1059 01:00:55,833 --> 01:00:57,248 Get on your front. 1060 01:00:57,282 --> 01:00:58,732 Back up now, we need back up. Back up. 1061 01:01:02,909 --> 01:01:05,463 - So was this man known to you? 1062 01:01:07,292 --> 01:01:10,123 Any particular reason that he'd treat you in this manner? 1063 01:01:10,157 --> 01:01:12,056 - Why don't you fucking ask him. 1064 01:01:12,090 --> 01:01:13,885 - Oh we will down at the station. 1065 01:01:17,475 --> 01:01:18,407 - Franco. 1066 01:01:19,960 --> 01:01:22,066 Grazie, grazie. 1067 01:01:22,100 --> 01:01:26,104 [Franco and Vic speak Italian] 1068 01:01:32,179 --> 01:01:33,802 Are you done with me? 1069 01:01:33,836 --> 01:01:35,355 - [Police Officer] For the time being we are. 1070 01:01:35,389 --> 01:01:37,322 - Good. 'Cause I'm fucking off. 1071 01:01:43,156 --> 01:01:45,365 - [Narrator] Even his doormen weren't safe. 1072 01:01:49,921 --> 01:01:51,509 [gunshot bangs] 1073 01:01:51,543 --> 01:01:53,476 This was a war 1074 01:01:53,511 --> 01:01:56,928 and Vic could only see one way to get out of it. 1075 01:01:57,998 --> 01:01:58,930 [cup clinking] - Sugar? 1076 01:02:00,311 --> 01:02:01,243 - No. 1077 01:02:05,247 --> 01:02:07,180 - So what's this all about then, Vic? 1078 01:02:11,978 --> 01:02:14,290 - I don't wanna be looking over my shoulder, Stephen. 1079 01:02:16,327 --> 01:02:17,259 I don't like it. 1080 01:02:18,639 --> 01:02:19,537 It makes me unhappy. 1081 01:02:21,884 --> 01:02:23,506 Do you understand what I'm saying to you? 1082 01:02:26,199 --> 01:02:29,305 I want peace and tranquillity. 1083 01:02:30,617 --> 01:02:31,929 - On the doors of Newcastle, like? 1084 01:02:32,895 --> 01:02:34,276 - On mine. Yes. 1085 01:02:36,519 --> 01:02:39,005 - You see your problems not just from me, Vic, 1086 01:02:40,351 --> 01:02:44,320 you've upset a lot of people, taken liberties. 1087 01:02:46,253 --> 01:02:47,807 Stopped people making money. 1088 01:02:51,258 --> 01:02:54,814 - They're your people, they'll listen to you. 1089 01:02:58,403 --> 01:03:01,890 - How about a fight? Winner takes all. 1090 01:03:04,340 --> 01:03:06,032 - What, you and me? 1091 01:03:06,066 --> 01:03:09,069 [Stephen chuckles] 1092 01:03:10,484 --> 01:03:11,623 - Any one of your men. 1093 01:03:15,662 --> 01:03:18,147 - And you? Fancy yourself? 1094 01:03:19,459 --> 01:03:22,462 - Any one of your men and the Duffer. 1095 01:03:26,224 --> 01:03:29,055 You win. We stay away. 1096 01:03:30,332 --> 01:03:33,991 The Duffer wins, it's business as usual. 1097 01:03:37,304 --> 01:03:39,513 I'll give you some take to think about that. 1098 01:03:42,378 --> 01:03:44,622 - So we got three shootings in as many weeks 1099 01:03:44,656 --> 01:03:46,210 on both sides of the water. 1100 01:03:47,211 --> 01:03:48,591 It's only a matter of time 1101 01:03:48,626 --> 01:03:50,214 before we have a murder on our hands. 1102 01:03:50,248 --> 01:03:52,354 - So what do they all have in common? 1103 01:03:52,388 --> 01:03:54,390 - They're all doormen. 1104 01:03:54,425 --> 01:03:55,944 They're all connected to Vic. 1105 01:03:55,978 --> 01:03:58,084 - Do you think the Sayers are behind this? 1106 01:03:58,118 --> 01:04:00,949 - Vic stops their dealers getting into the pubs and clubs. 1107 01:04:00,983 --> 01:04:03,020 Their doormen start getting kneecapped. 1108 01:04:03,054 --> 01:04:06,023 I don't think you need your guy Spender to solve this one. 1109 01:04:06,057 --> 01:04:07,265 - So now what? 1110 01:04:07,300 --> 01:04:08,957 - We gotta change tack. - Meaning? 1111 01:04:10,510 --> 01:04:12,374 - We gotta hit them where it hurts 'em the most. 1112 01:04:13,375 --> 01:04:16,067 - Vic, what can I do for you? 1113 01:04:16,102 --> 01:04:17,586 - I've got a problem. 1114 01:04:17,620 --> 01:04:19,243 I was hoping you could help me with it. 1115 01:04:19,277 --> 01:04:21,107 - Alright, what's your problem? 1116 01:04:22,487 --> 01:04:24,075 - Duffer. 1117 01:04:24,110 --> 01:04:25,042 - Stephen. 1118 01:04:26,215 --> 01:04:27,976 - Duffer wants a straightener. 1119 01:04:28,010 --> 01:04:29,632 Winner takes all. 1120 01:04:29,667 --> 01:04:31,945 I can get the venue and I can promote it. 1121 01:04:33,291 --> 01:04:36,260 - I don't want any more of my boys getting hurt. 1122 01:04:36,294 --> 01:04:37,226 - What? 1123 01:04:39,228 --> 01:04:41,092 I'm not gonna fight him. 1124 01:04:41,127 --> 01:04:42,749 That's why I'm here talking to your dad, 1125 01:04:42,783 --> 01:04:44,233 so he can sort it for me. 1126 01:04:44,268 --> 01:04:45,510 - Too much for you like. 1127 01:04:48,030 --> 01:04:50,239 - I can make a phone call. 1128 01:04:51,689 --> 01:04:54,485 [phone tapping] 1129 01:04:58,799 --> 01:05:01,216 Hello, it's John. 1130 01:05:01,250 --> 01:05:03,218 I've just had that Vic round here. 1131 01:05:03,252 --> 01:05:04,702 No son, he's gone. 1132 01:05:04,736 --> 01:05:06,531 But he asked me to pass on a message. 1133 01:05:06,566 --> 01:05:08,740 Doesn't wanna fight you, son. 1134 01:05:08,775 --> 01:05:10,950 No problem. Cheers then. 1135 01:05:13,090 --> 01:05:14,022 That's done. 1136 01:05:17,508 --> 01:05:18,681 - [Narrator] The fight between Vic and the Duffer 1137 01:05:18,716 --> 01:05:20,373 never took place. 1138 01:05:20,407 --> 01:05:22,754 They led parallel lives and well, 1139 01:05:22,789 --> 01:05:25,447 they both paid a heavy price in the end. 1140 01:05:25,481 --> 01:05:28,036 Duffer was stabbed to death in the street. 1141 01:05:48,401 --> 01:05:50,196 And as for Vic, 1142 01:05:50,230 --> 01:05:53,475 he was shot dead, bleeding out into the gutter. 1143 01:05:58,687 --> 01:06:01,759 After all, you can't fight a bullet. 1144 01:06:23,401 --> 01:06:25,438 - So Tommy, let me tell you where we're at. 1145 01:06:27,164 --> 01:06:29,166 We have found a substantial amount of class A drugs, 1146 01:06:29,200 --> 01:06:32,479 two weapons with enough ammo to shoot a Western 1147 01:06:32,514 --> 01:06:35,310 and 50 grand in cash. 1148 01:06:35,344 --> 01:06:36,794 All in your humble abode. 1149 01:06:36,828 --> 01:06:40,108 So I am either sitting here with Newcastle's 1150 01:06:40,142 --> 01:06:41,523 answer to Tony Montana 1151 01:06:43,249 --> 01:06:45,354 or you are mixed up with some pretty serious people. 1152 01:06:46,424 --> 01:06:47,356 - Nee comment. 1153 01:06:49,117 --> 01:06:51,533 - You're looking at a big stretch for the drugs alone, 1154 01:06:51,567 --> 01:06:55,364 Tommy, you sure you wanna go no comment? 1155 01:06:57,608 --> 01:06:58,712 - I said no comment. 1156 01:07:00,783 --> 01:07:02,785 - How are you feeling Tommy? 1157 01:07:02,820 --> 01:07:04,718 Drug's starting to wear off yet? 1158 01:07:04,753 --> 01:07:05,685 No? 1159 01:07:07,204 --> 01:07:08,688 You know what it's gonna be like in a few hours. 1160 01:07:08,722 --> 01:07:10,207 It's all right on the outside. 1161 01:07:10,241 --> 01:07:11,346 You could just get another hit. 1162 01:07:11,380 --> 01:07:14,176 But you can't do that in here. 1163 01:07:16,351 --> 01:07:17,179 Unless... 1164 01:07:21,218 --> 01:07:24,324 - So shall shall we start again? 1165 01:07:26,361 --> 01:07:29,364 Why don't you tell us everything you know 1166 01:07:29,398 --> 01:07:32,263 about the Stephen Sayers? 1167 01:07:46,760 --> 01:07:48,452 - Hello John. 1168 01:07:48,486 --> 01:07:50,488 Have you seen the news? 1169 01:07:52,421 --> 01:07:53,767 When you're back? 1170 01:07:56,322 --> 01:07:57,702 Right? I'll see you first thing. 1171 01:08:05,331 --> 01:08:06,297 - How are you? 1172 01:08:06,332 --> 01:08:08,403 - I've had better days. 1173 01:08:08,437 --> 01:08:10,336 - That bad, eh? 1174 01:08:10,370 --> 01:08:11,475 - Have you not seen the news? 1175 01:08:11,509 --> 01:08:12,890 We're being wiped out man. 1176 01:08:12,924 --> 01:08:15,582 Cash, stock, staff, the fucking lot. 1177 01:08:17,481 --> 01:08:18,689 - It was always gonna happen. 1178 01:08:18,723 --> 01:08:20,898 - I mean it. We've got fuck all. 1179 01:08:26,938 --> 01:08:31,219 - Well it's a good job I've got something lined up then. 1180 01:08:31,253 --> 01:08:34,187 - [Narrator] Big earners don't just happen. 1181 01:08:34,222 --> 01:08:35,878 Once you are happy with the graft, 1182 01:08:35,913 --> 01:08:39,641 you need to pick your team very, very carefully. 1183 01:08:49,513 --> 01:08:53,482 Then you need to take a look at the job yourself. 1184 01:08:53,517 --> 01:08:56,968 - Right? So what's the SP, on or off? 1185 01:08:57,003 --> 01:08:58,280 Are we going to work or what? 1186 01:08:58,315 --> 01:08:59,454 - Didn't look good at first. 1187 01:08:59,488 --> 01:09:01,663 - Police escort. - Every week. 1188 01:09:01,697 --> 01:09:04,355 - But the graft's ours. 1189 01:09:04,390 --> 01:09:06,219 - Aye, go on. 1190 01:09:06,254 --> 01:09:07,772 - [Stephen] Once the cash arrives, the security come out 1191 01:09:07,807 --> 01:09:08,911 and they wedge the door open. 1192 01:09:08,946 --> 01:09:10,465 - Now it's not a security door. 1193 01:09:10,499 --> 01:09:12,467 So we can smash through it, no bother. 1194 01:09:12,501 --> 01:09:13,916 - And there's no security inside. 1195 01:09:13,951 --> 01:09:16,264 - And what's the prize, what we looking at? 1196 01:09:18,473 --> 01:09:20,337 - Seven figures. 1197 01:09:20,371 --> 01:09:23,271 - If we pull this off we can buy Newcastle United. 1198 01:09:23,305 --> 01:09:25,549 [everyone chuckles] 1199 01:09:25,583 --> 01:09:27,723 - Did you got that safe house sorted? 1200 01:09:27,758 --> 01:09:29,622 - Sweet cuz, aye. My pals taking his bird to Benidorm, 1201 01:09:29,656 --> 01:09:31,244 so I've got the twirls, won't get any aggravation. 1202 01:09:31,279 --> 01:09:32,211 Sweet. 1203 01:09:33,453 --> 01:09:35,352 - Let's go to work then boys. 1204 01:09:35,386 --> 01:09:40,460 - Let's do it. [hands slapping] 1205 01:09:51,022 --> 01:09:52,576 - Get on the floor. Now! 1206 01:09:52,610 --> 01:09:54,992 [people grunting] 1207 01:09:55,026 --> 01:09:56,856 Don't fucking move. 1208 01:09:56,890 --> 01:09:59,341 Don't fucking move. 1209 01:09:59,376 --> 01:10:00,929 Don't fucking move! 1210 01:10:04,657 --> 01:10:06,037 - Yes, yes, go on. 1211 01:10:06,072 --> 01:10:07,246 - Stay right there. 1212 01:10:08,971 --> 01:10:11,042 Don't fucking move. 1213 01:10:11,077 --> 01:10:12,837 - Time! Time! Time! 1214 01:10:36,896 --> 01:10:40,555 [traffic rumbling softly] 1215 01:10:50,910 --> 01:10:51,980 - We did it. 1216 01:10:54,810 --> 01:10:56,536 - Let's get inside. 1217 01:11:00,782 --> 01:11:03,785 - Oh fucking hell. The bulb's gone. 1218 01:11:05,994 --> 01:11:07,582 - Use a torch man. 1219 01:11:07,616 --> 01:11:09,653 - Michael, you've got yours. 1220 01:11:09,687 --> 01:11:10,688 - Aye, Aye. 1221 01:11:30,881 --> 01:11:32,641 - How much do you reckon there is. 1222 01:11:33,711 --> 01:11:35,368 - Six figures. 1223 01:11:35,403 --> 01:11:36,956 Easy. 1224 01:11:36,990 --> 01:11:38,095 - [Narrator] The estimated haul that night 1225 01:11:38,129 --> 01:11:41,754 was just over 3 million pounds. 1226 01:11:41,788 --> 01:11:43,721 They had done it. 1227 01:11:43,756 --> 01:11:45,516 They pulled off the big one, 1228 01:11:47,104 --> 01:11:51,626 but alas they would never get to spend a penny of it. 1229 01:11:52,696 --> 01:11:54,422 - Oh. 1230 01:11:54,456 --> 01:11:56,078 Oh, the little bastards. 1231 01:11:57,770 --> 01:11:58,978 Oh. 1232 01:11:59,012 --> 01:12:01,808 [phone tapping] 1233 01:12:01,843 --> 01:12:03,983 Hello, police? 1234 01:12:04,017 --> 01:12:05,778 Yes, yes. 1235 01:12:05,812 --> 01:12:07,089 I'd like to report a burglary at my dad's house. 1236 01:12:08,090 --> 01:12:09,678 Yes, they're still there. 1237 01:12:09,713 --> 01:12:12,716 I can see their torches, the little bastards. 1238 01:12:13,717 --> 01:12:16,444 How do I know it's burglars? 1239 01:12:16,478 --> 01:12:18,998 Because me dad's on holiday and Benidorm, man. 1240 01:12:20,551 --> 01:12:23,174 [cars rumbling] 1241 01:14:49,079 --> 01:14:51,184 - [Narrator] With informants coming out of the woodwork, 1242 01:14:51,219 --> 01:14:55,223 cashing in their information on them in exchange for drugs 1243 01:14:55,257 --> 01:14:57,777 and witnesses coming forward. 1244 01:14:57,812 --> 01:15:02,299 Well, they were on a one way ticket to the old Bailey. 1245 01:15:03,300 --> 01:15:05,578 They never stood a chance. 1246 01:15:07,615 --> 01:15:09,996 - Would the defendants and the foreman of the jury, 1247 01:15:10,031 --> 01:15:11,170 please stand. 1248 01:15:13,413 --> 01:15:15,588 Gentlemen, we have allowed you the courtesy of allowing 1249 01:15:15,623 --> 01:15:18,729 your family into what is essentially a closed court hearing. 1250 01:15:22,250 --> 01:15:25,218 How do you find the defendant, John Henry Sayers, 1251 01:15:25,253 --> 01:15:27,082 guilty or not guilty? 1252 01:15:29,809 --> 01:15:31,639 - Guilty. 1253 01:15:31,673 --> 01:15:33,606 - How do you find the defendant, Michael Sayers, 1254 01:15:33,641 --> 01:15:36,229 guilty or not guilty? 1255 01:15:36,264 --> 01:15:37,196 - Guilty. 1256 01:15:38,922 --> 01:15:40,820 - How do you find the defendant, Stephen Sayers, 1257 01:15:40,855 --> 01:15:43,029 guilty or not guilty? 1258 01:15:47,447 --> 01:15:48,379 - Guilty. 1259 01:15:50,796 --> 01:15:51,728 - Take them down. 1260 01:15:51,762 --> 01:15:52,694 [gavel bangs] 1261 01:15:55,179 --> 01:16:00,115 The trial against the notorious Sayers brothers for armed 1262 01:16:00,150 --> 01:16:05,189 robbery has concluded today with heavy sentences 1263 01:16:06,915 --> 01:16:08,952 handed down by Judge Mike Hodges, John Henry Sayers was 1264 01:16:08,986 --> 01:16:12,093 given fifteen years while Stephen and Michael Sayers were 1265 01:16:12,127 --> 01:16:14,923 each sentenced to ten years. 1266 01:16:14,958 --> 01:16:17,236 Our crime corespondent 1267 01:16:17,270 --> 01:16:19,756 Clare Barber was present for the press conference 1268 01:16:19,790 --> 01:16:22,448 after the verdict where Detective Scott had this to say... 1269 01:16:22,482 --> 01:16:23,449 - Claire. 1270 01:16:23,483 --> 01:16:25,347 - Detective Scott, 1271 01:16:25,382 --> 01:16:27,280 you must be happy with the sentences handed down today. 1272 01:16:30,905 --> 01:16:33,942 - The Sayers and people like them 1273 01:16:33,977 --> 01:16:35,461 believe that they are beyond the law, 1274 01:16:35,495 --> 01:16:37,946 which most of us look to for protection. 1275 01:16:39,845 --> 01:16:42,710 I guess they just found out how wrong they were. 1276 01:16:42,744 --> 01:16:44,815 For the last two years, 1277 01:16:44,850 --> 01:16:48,129 we have cracked down on so-called hard men like the Sayers. 1278 01:16:48,163 --> 01:16:51,063 We have made strenuous efforts to reduce 1279 01:16:51,097 --> 01:16:53,928 not only the volume of crime in the force area, 1280 01:16:53,962 --> 01:16:57,207 but also to target organised crime and the insidious nature 1281 01:16:57,241 --> 01:17:00,728 of these offences, which affect not only the individual, 1282 01:17:00,762 --> 01:17:04,317 but also the business community, in the form of drugs, 1283 01:17:04,352 --> 01:17:08,321 violence, extortion, and protection rackets. 1284 01:17:10,082 --> 01:17:14,396 And I can assure you that we will continue to target those 1285 01:17:14,431 --> 01:17:16,398 trading on fear and violence in order 1286 01:17:16,433 --> 01:17:19,194 to enhance their criminal reputations. 1287 01:18:52,978 --> 01:18:56,153 [door buzzing] 1288 01:18:56,188 --> 01:18:57,189 - How are you? 1289 01:18:57,223 --> 01:18:59,122 - Yeah, not too bad. 1290 01:18:59,156 --> 01:19:00,986 You the, I'm guessing you're the new starter today. 1291 01:19:01,020 --> 01:19:02,884 - Yeah. Yeah. 1292 01:19:02,919 --> 01:19:03,885 Literally just came through all the sign ins and security, 1293 01:19:03,920 --> 01:19:05,404 it's a bit manic. 1294 01:19:05,438 --> 01:19:06,439 - Quite a bit to it, isn't it? - Yeah. [laughs] 1295 01:19:06,474 --> 01:19:08,338 It's all good. 1296 01:19:08,372 --> 01:19:09,995 - So what I thought we'll do today is I'll show you around, 1297 01:19:10,029 --> 01:19:11,962 that's my job today and then as we go 1298 01:19:11,997 --> 01:19:15,863 if you got any questions I'm happy to answer. 1299 01:19:30,429 --> 01:19:31,361 - What's in there? 1300 01:19:32,224 --> 01:19:33,259 - That's the workshop. 1301 01:19:33,294 --> 01:19:34,536 - Can we see it? 1302 01:19:34,571 --> 01:19:36,021 - Not tonight, no. - Why? 1303 01:19:37,229 --> 01:19:38,575 - Mr Kray's in session there tonight 1304 01:19:38,609 --> 01:19:42,027 and you just don't disturb him on Tuesdays. 1305 01:19:51,243 --> 01:19:53,866 [glasses clinking] 1306 01:19:53,901 --> 01:19:54,867 - Cheers lads. 1307 01:19:56,213 --> 01:19:58,388 - To you and yours from me and mine. 1308 01:20:01,115 --> 01:20:03,911 - [Charlie] I just want to thank you boys 1309 01:20:03,945 --> 01:20:06,120 for looking out for me. 1310 01:20:06,154 --> 01:20:07,880 - It's been our pleasure Charlie. 1311 01:20:09,571 --> 01:20:11,332 - I should be moving on soon. 1312 01:20:12,712 --> 01:20:14,369 And I want to ask you a favour. 1313 01:20:19,236 --> 01:20:20,306 - Name it. 1314 01:20:22,101 --> 01:20:25,311 - Don't make the same mistake that me and my brothers done. 1315 01:20:27,175 --> 01:20:29,039 You can't beat the system. 1316 01:20:30,040 --> 01:20:31,214 If you try. 1317 01:20:32,387 --> 01:20:34,079 Well, they'll just lock you up. 1318 01:20:36,253 --> 01:20:37,392 And if you try, 1319 01:20:39,256 --> 01:20:40,913 they'll throw away the key. 1320 01:20:45,124 --> 01:20:48,921 [religious music continues] 1321 01:20:50,233 --> 01:20:52,683 - [Narrator] Best advice anybody gave him that, 1322 01:20:52,718 --> 01:20:55,928 must have been because he actually listened. 1323 01:20:57,205 --> 01:20:59,621 That's the thing about being a Kray, 1324 01:21:00,622 --> 01:21:03,349 people sit up and listen. 1325 01:21:03,384 --> 01:21:05,420 They hang on your every word. 1326 01:21:07,284 --> 01:21:11,081 And who says crime films can't have a happy ending? 1327 01:21:11,116 --> 01:21:14,084 Not always, but sometimes. 1328 01:21:15,430 --> 01:21:17,398 Just sometimes.