Vice (EP3)
Résumé de l'épisode 3
The body of ex-Vice cop, Frank McCallum, is found beaten to death in an underpass in Paddington. The murder has all the symptoms of a prostitute killing, but DS Ronnie Brooks (Bradley Walsh) and DS Matt Devlin (Jamie Bamber) soon realise they have to broaden their search. Their investigation forces them to look deeper into Frank McCallum’s life - could his boss, Josh Pritchard (Sean Pertwee), know more about Frank’s death than he’s letting on. And what secrets is Frank’s wife, Annie, hiding? As forensic clues provide surprises, the trail leads the police to a respectable children’s clothes shop in Barnes, run by Emma Sandbrook (Juliet Aubrey) and Kate Barton (Deborah Cornelius). As the police struggle to piece together the events surrounding Frank McCallum’s murder, who can they believe? Crown Prosecutors James Steel (Ben Daniels) and Alesha Phillips (Freema Agyeman) of the CPS find themselves in a battle with formidable defence barrister, Phyllis Gladstone (Lesley Manville), an old foil of their boss, George Castle (Bill Paterson). But when the accused claim they acted in self-defence against Frank McCallum, James and Alesha are left questioning the dead man’s character. Did Frank McCallum instigate the attack which cost him his life, or is the defendant attempting to preserve their own fate by slurring a man now unable to defend himself? What really happened that night? James and Alesha face a struggle to deliver justice for Frank McCallum’s widow as they fight to establish the truth.