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EXT. ROAD - NIGHT 1 20101 1

Three young men (Tony Wallace, Colin McCabe and KieranGillespie) hurrying from a pizza parlour to a parkedcar.

Johnjo OShea (17 years old, vulnerable) is at the wheel, a rap song blasting away. They yank open the

doors and pile in.

TONY WALLACEDrive!

JOHNJO OSHEA Whats happened?

Colin McCabe berating Kieran Gillespie throughout...

TONY WALLACEDrive!

JOHNJO OSHEA Right!

They screech off.

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Colin McCabe and Kieran Gillespie in the back. TonyWallace with Johnjo in the front. Sheer panic...

COLIN MCCABEYou stupid prick, youve droppedus all in it now, you stupidbastard, you stupid brain-deadbastard...


COLIN MCCABEYouve dropped us all in theshit, you prick. You crazy twat,you mad crazy...

KIERAN GILLESPIEHe was asking for it.

COLIN MCCABE...twat.

(to Tony Wallace)I warned you about this prick,

didnt I?KIERAN GILLESPIE

He was asking for it. Right?

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COLIN MCCABEHow? How was he asking for it,you dick? He said nothing. Henever opened...

KIERAN GILLESPIEHe was looking at me.

JOHNJO OSHEA (really scared)

Whats happened?

COLIN MCCABEHis mouth... He wasnt lookingat you. He was...

TONY WALLACENothings happened.

COLIN MCCABE...watching the fight...Nothings happened? Hes onlygone and stabbed someone, hasnthe...

TONY WALLACEShut it.

JOHNJO OSHEA (horrified now)

What?COLIN MCCABE

... the prick. The stupid...(to Tony)

I wont shut it.(to Johnjo)

The stupid bastards stabbedsomeone. Thats whats...

KIERAN GILLESPIEIll stab you in a minute.

COLIN MCCABEHappened... Youll stab me?

KIERAN GILLESPIEYeah.

COLIN MCCABEYoull stab me!

They start fighting.

TONY WALLACE

Hey! Hey!JOHNJO OSHEA

Did he kill him?

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TONY WALLACE(to the other two)

Hey!

JOHNJO OSHEA Did he kill him!?

TONY WALLACEPull over!

Johnjo swings the car off the road. It pulls to a haltsomewhere - an alley perhaps.

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EXT. SOMEWHERE SECLUDED - NIGHT 1 20173 3

Tony Wallace gets out the car, starts dragging KieranGillespie out.

TONY WALLACEGet out. Get out the car, youknob.

He manages to get him out.

TONY WALLACE (CONTD)(to Colin McCabe)

You stay there.

Tony pushes Kieran away from the car. Kieran now withhis back against the wall.

KIERAN GILLESPIEHe kept looking at me. Right?Kept looking at me like I wasshit.

Tony Wallace knows he is lying.

TONY WALLACEWhere is it?

KIERAN GILLESPIEWheres what?

TONY WALLACEYou know what. Where is it?

KIERAN GILLESPIEHere.

The knife.

Tony looking round for somewhere to dump it. He sees agrid.



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TONY WALLACEPut it down there.

KIERAN GILLESPIE(reluctant)

Its our Pauls.

TONY WALLACEPut it down there.

Kieran Gillespie heads towards the grid. Tony Wallacegets back in the car.

In the car now. Fear...

JOHNJO OSHEA Did he kill him?

No answer.

The knife going down the grid.

Kieran Gillespie heading back to the car, getting in.

More fear...

JOHNJO OSHEA (CONTD)Did you kill him?

KIERAN GILLESPIE

I dont know.Tony Wallace comes to a decision, punches a number intohis mobile...

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INT. PIZZA PLACE/EXT CAR NIGHT 1 20204 4

A mobile phone is ringing. The young pizza manager HugoDavies answers it. He is kneeling, helpless, next tothe badly injured Thomas Ward...

HUGO DAVIESYou bastard.

We intercut as we wish...

TONY WALLACEHow is he?

HUGO DAVIESYou got off and left me to it,you shit. McCabe as well...

We hear sirens. We see flashing lights at some point.



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TONY WALLACEHow is he?

HUGO DAVIESI dont know! I dont know whatIm doing, do I? He could bebleeding to death for all I know,you prick.

TONY WALLACEWill he live?

HUGO DAVIESHow would I know? I doubt it very

much but how would I...? Why didyou bring that mad bastard, ey?

Paramedics enter and get straight down to business. Hugo

Davies stands, wheels away from them...

HUGO DAVIES (CONTD)Paramedics are here.

He disconnects the call.

Back to the car.

TONY WALLACE(to the others)

Hes bad.

JOHNJO OSHEA How bad?

TONY WALLACEI dont know.

JOHNJO OSHEA Hell live though, yeah?

No answer.

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EXT. O/S PIZZA PLACE - NIGHT 1 20275 5

The victim is put into the ambulance. The ambulance moves off.

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INT. MARGARET WARDS HOUSE - NIGHT 1 21046 6

Margaret Ward, early forties, is in the bathroom,dyeing her hair. The doorbell goes. She ignores it. Itgoes again. She ignores it. But it goes yet again...



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She leaves the bathroom, enters a bedroom, looks downinto the street.

A police car.

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INT./EXT. MARGARET WARDS HOUSE - NIGHT 1 21057 7

She has tied a towel around her head. She opens thedoor to two police officers.

POLICE OFFICERMrs Ward?

MARGARET WARDYeah.

POLICE OFFICERMother of Thomas Ward?

MARGARET WARDYeah.

POLICE OFFICERWeve been told to bring youdown to casualty, Mrs Ward.Thomas has had a bit of anaccident.

MARGARET WARDWhat sort of accident?

POLICE OFFICERI dont know, love. Weve justbeen told to get you.

MARGARET WARDIm dyeing my hair.

POLICE OFFICERSorry.

The three of them see the funny side of it.

MARGARET WARDJust a sec.

She steps back a pace or two, lifts the phone, dials...

MARGARET WARD (CONTD)(explaining)

My daughter. She spent all daygetting ready so shes not gonna

be best pleased.(down phone)Youll have to come back, Julie,and look after the kids.



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Protests from Julie obviously.

MARGARET WARD (CONTD)Thomas is in hospital and...

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EXT. MOVING POLICE CAR - NIGHT 1 21208 8

She has her hair covered.

POLICE OFFICERLived there long?

MARGARET WARDThree years. We used to live bythe park but we split up, me and

their Dad, so we had to findsomewhere cheaper.

POLICE OFFICERYou still see him?

MARGARET WARDOnly when Ive got to.

They all giggle at that - all blissfully unaware...

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INT. HOSPITAL - NIGHT 1 21409 9

Margaret and the two police officers enter thehospital. There are other officers here but Margaretdoesnt see them. She approaches the desk.

MARGARET WARDIm Margaret Ward. My son Thomasis here. Hes had an accidentapparently.

But the receptionist simply stares back at her. Asilence...

MARGARET WARD (CONTD)Thomas Ward.

Still nothing from the receptionist. Margaret isgetting frightened. She glances away...

She sees the nice friendly police officers who broughther in. Theyre obviously getting some terrible newsfrom a colleague... They glance at Margaret. Look back

to the colleague. Glance at Margaret again...She now sees other people staring at her....



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MARGARET WARD (CONTD)(to receptionist)

What is it?

She hears...

JENNIFER FIELDING (V.O.)Mrs Ward?

Margaret turns, sees a smartly dressed woman headingtowards her. The bearer of bad news obviously andMargaret wants nothing to do with her.

MARGARET WARD(to receptionist)

What is it please?

Jennifer Fielding, the duty social worker reaches her.

JENNIFER FIELDINGMrs Ward?

But Margaret refuses to look at her. If she can avoidlooking at this woman, she can avoid hearing the newsshe has brought...

MARGARET WARD(to receptionist)

Im looking for my son. ThomasWard.

JENNIFER FIELDINGIm Jennifer Fielding, Mrs Ward.Could you come with me please?

MARGARET WARDWhy?

JENNIFER FIELDINGCome with me, please, Mrs Ward.Please.

MARGARET WARDWhere?

JENNIFER FIELDING(walking)

Theres a room just up here...

Margaret following her...

JENNIFER FIELDING (CONTD)Just up here.

Margaret following. She knows something awful is about

to happen but still she follows her...Jennifer Fielding reaches a door, opens it.



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JENNIFER FIELDING (CONTD)Were here.

Margaret Ward looks in. Its the Bad News Room. A fewchairs, a box of tissues, a crucifix on the wallperhaps, the hospital chaplain waiting...

JENNIFER FIELDING (CONTD)Come in please.

MARGARET WARDNo.

JENNIFER FIELDINGPlease.

Margaret does so. Jennifer closes the door...

JENNIFER FIELDING (CONTD)Thomas didnt make it, Imafraid.

MARGARET WARDMake what?

JENNIFER FIELDINGHe was stabbed earlier thisevening and died an hour or soago. Im really sorry.

MARGARET WARDI think youve got the wrongboy. Im Thomas Wards motherand he had a bit of an accident,thats all.

JENNIFER FIELDINGHe was stabbed in the pizzaplace on Holt Road, Mrs. Ward,and died here a short timelater.

And mention of the pizza place makes it suddenly real.

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EXT. JOHNJO OSHEAS HOUSE - NIGHT 1 22039A 9A

Johnjo brings the car to a halt outside his house.

We discover Kieran Gillespie sitting in the back.

Gillespie gets out and crosses the street to his house.

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INT. JOHNJO OSHEAS HOUSE - NIGHT 1 220410 10

Johnjo enters. His parents Coleen and Peter are watching the news. His sister Karen is texting someone.

COLEEN O'SHEA Whereve you been?

JOHNJO OSHEA Out.

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COLEEN O'SHEA Where?

JOHNJO OSHEA Just out.

COLEEN O'SHEAWho with?

JOHNJO OSHEA No one.

COLEEN O'SHEA You went out on your own?

JOHNJO OSHEA Yeah.

KAREN O'SHEA Hes lying.

JOHNJO OSHEA Im not.

COLEEN O'SHEA (to Johnjos Dad)

Will you talk to this one?

JOHNJO OSHEA Im going the loo.

PETER O'SHEA Ey.

(no answer)Ey!

But just the sound of Johnjo hurrying up the stairs.

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INT. BATHROOM - NIGHT 1 220511 11

Johnjo enters, sits on the bath or loo or whatever.

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Margaret Ward and the social worker Jennifer Fielding.Margaret is dialling a number.

MARGARET WARDWill you speak? Itll be on

answer, you see, and if its myvoice, he wont pick up causehe hates me. So will you...?



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JENNIFER FIELDINGYeah.

Margaret gets through to the answer machine, handsphone to Jennifer...

JENNIFER FIELDING (CONTD)Its Jennifer Fielding here,Mister Ward. Im a social workerat the Royal and Ive some newsabout your son Thomas.

TOMMY WARD (V.O.)What is it?

JENNIFER FIELDINGIve got your wife... your ex-

wife here, Mister Ward. Ill

just pass you over.

Margaret Ward takes the phone.

MARGARET WARDHi.

TOMMY WARD (V.O.)What is it?

MARGARET WARDHes dead.

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Johnjo in bed, staring at the ceiling, listening tolocal news on the radio.

His older brother Patrick enters, hits a button and thelocal news switches to music.

PATRICK O'SHEA What are you listening to thatshite for?

The brother starts undressing.

PATRICK O'SHEA (CONTD)Fatal stabbing in the pizzaplace.

JOHNJO OSHEA Who told you that?

PATRICK O'SHEA On the telly.



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JOHNJO OSHEA Is he dead?

PATRICK O'SHEA Fatal, you knob. Of coursehes dead

Johnjos reaction. We leave him staring at the ceiling.

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Tommy Ward hurries along a hospital corridor. Ahead ofhim is a crowd of people milling around Margaret Ward.

He nears them. People acknowledge him. But he has eyes

only for Margaret.

MARGARET WARDHes in there.

She indicates a room off the corridor.

MARGARET WARD (CONTD)They want someone to identifyhim.

TOMMY WARD

You havent done it?She shakes her head: such a task is beyond her.

TOMMY WARD (CONTD)Shall I?

She nods. He shapes to move but...

MARGARET WARDTell me its not him.

Shes clutching at straws: it breaks his heart.

He heads for the room, knocks and enters.

Back to Margaret waiting.

He reappears. He nods to Margaret: yes, its Thomas.

On Margaret: the last flicker of hope extinguished.

He gestures: does she want to come in with him?

She shakes her head.

He goes back into the room and the door closes on us.

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EXT. MARGARET WARDS HOUSE - NIGHT 1 233515 15

Tommy Ward driving Margaret home. In the back areMargarets sister and brother-in-law.

They pull up outside the house. Its full of people.Lights are burning in every room.

The front door opens and Julie (Margarets teenageddaughter) and her two other sons (aged eight and ten)appear. They have been crying.

We cut back to the car...

TOMMY WARDShall I come in with you?

MARGARET WARD

No.

Margaret and her sister and brother-in-law get out thecar.

Margaret goes to her children and hugs them.

Teenaged Julie, in her mothers embrace, looks daggersat Tommy (her father) who has remained in the car.

Tommys reaction. He drives away.

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INT. JOHNJO OSHEAS HOUSE - DAY 2 073016 16

The local news is on the radio. Johnjo staring throughthe window...

His Dad enters the kitchen.

PETER OSHEAIts half seven.

JOHNJO OSHEA Right.

PETER O'SHEA Why are you still here?

JOHNJO OSHEA Im waiting for someone.

PETER O'SHEA Who?

JOHNJO OSHEA Kieran Gillespie.



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PETER O'SHEA Why are you waiting for thatprick?

JOHNJO OSHEA I need to talk to him.

PETER O'SHEA About what?

Johnjo sees Kieran Gillespie leave his house. Itsalmost directly opposite his own.

PETER O'SHEA (CONTD)About what?

Johnjo grabs his rucksack and heads for the door.

JOHNJO OSHEA See you.

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EXT. JOHNJO OSHEAS STREET - DAY 2 073217 17

Johnjo leaves his house and crosses the street. Kierandoesnt stop walking. Johnjo has to walk with him.

JOHNJO OSHEA

Hes dead.KIERAN GILLESPIE

I know.

JOHNJO OSHEA What are you gonna do?

KIERAN GILLESPIEI dont know.

JOHNJO OSHEA Youll have to go to the police.

KIERAN GILLESPIEWhat!

JOHNJO OSHEA Youll have to go to the police.

KIERAN GILLESPIEIm not going the police, youprick.

JOHNJO OSHEA

Itll be worse for you if theyhave to come and get you.

That stops Kieran in his tracks.



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KIERAN GILLESPIEWhy will they come and get me?What are you saying? Youregonna bubble me, is that whatyoure...

JOHNJO OSHEA No.

KIERAN GILLESPIE...saying? Youre gonna grass meup?

JOHNJO OSHEA No.

KIERAN GILLESPIEWhy should I go the police then?

How will they know its me?

JOHNJO OSHEA They wont but theyll know its

me.

KIERAN GILLESPIEHow?

JOHNJO OSHEA The car. It was our Patrickscar.

KIERAN GILLESPIEHow will they know that?

JOHNJO OSHEA Cameras. CCTV.

KIERAN GILLESPIE(stumped a bit)

There werent any.

JOHNJO OSHEA There was.

KIERAN GILLESPIEOkay, they might ask you a fewquestions. But you say nothing,dont you? You dont bubbleanyone. You bubble anyone andyoure dead. And more than that,lad, more than that, you nonce,you bubble anyone and your Mamand Dads dead and your sistersdead and your house is torched.Right? Comprendo? Do you

understand what I am saying?Johnjo believes every word of that threat.



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JOHNJO OSHEA Yeah.

KIERAN GILLESPIEGood.

Kieran walks on up the street. Johnjo watches him go,turns to walk down the street but...

He sees his Dad.

PETER O'SHEA Whats going on?

Johnjo cant answer.

PETER O'SHEA (CONTD)Whats going on, Johnjo?

Johnjo walking down the street.

PETER O'SHEA (CONTD)Johnjo! Johnjo!

Johnjo is putting distance between himself and his Dad.He punches a number into his mobile.

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EXT. BUS STOP - DAY 2 073718 18

Tony Wallace at a bus stop. His mobile ringing. Heanswers it. We intercut as we wish.

TONY WALLACEYeah?

Johnjo OShea still walking down the street.

JOHNJO OSHEA Hes dead.

TONY WALLACEMajor error, mate. You do notuse the phone. You dont contact

me, Colin or Kieran by phone.Right?

JOHNJO OSHEA Right.

TONY WALLACEIll come and see you in work.

JOHNJO OSHEA When?



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TONY WALLACESoon.

He cuts the call.

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INT. MARGARET WARDS HOUSE - DAY 2 101519 19

Teenaged Julie is sat on the couch, clutching acushion.

The two boys are happily playing a computer game.

There are people making tea and tidying up and talkingdown their mobiles and whatnot.

Meanwhile Margaret is on the phone to work.

MARGARET WARDWard.

(beat, now spellingit)

W.A.R.D. Ward.(beat)

Hang on.

She finds her staff I.D. card...

MARGARET WARD (CONTD)486892.(beat)

I wont be in today.(beat)

No. No. Not ill, no.(beat)

My sons been murdered.(beat)

I said, my sons been murdered.(beat)

Are you still there?

The doorbell goes. The liaison officer goes to get it.

MARGARET WARD (CONTD)(still on phone)

Thank you.

The liaison officer opens the door to D.I. Hastings...

D.I. HASTINGSAlright?

LIAISON OFFICER

Yes, Boss.He enters.



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MARGARET WARD(still on phone)

Id really appreciate that.

She sees D.I. Hastings. She recognises him.

MARGARET WARD (CONTD)(on phone still)

Thanks. Thanks. Bye.

LIAISON OFFICERMargaret Ward, DetectiveInspector Hastings.

D.I. HASTINGSIm really sorry, Mrs Ward.

MARGARET WARD

Thanks.

D.I. HASTINGSWell do all we can to catchthese people.

MARGARET WARDPeople?

D.I. HASTINGSYes.

MARGARET WARDMore than one then?

D.I. HASTINGSWe think so.

But its too painful for her so...

MARGARET WARDYouve got a daughter - Nicola.

D.I. HASTINGSYes.

MARGARET WARDWe were friends at school. Istayed in your house loads oftimes.

D.I. HASTINGSMargaret Devaney?

MARGARET WARDThen, yes.

D.I. HASTINGSOtherwise known as Roger theLodger.



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MARGARET WARDYes. How is she?

D.I. HASTINGSGreat.

MARGARET WARDMarried?

D.I. HASTINGSYeah. Three kids. Boy, eighteenand...

He breaks off.

MARGARET WARDIts okay.

D.I. HASTINGSAnd two girls, thirteen andfourteen.

MARGARET WARDLovely.

Pain...

D.I. HASTINGSWell get them, Margaret.

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EXT. PARK - DAY 2 142020 20

Johnjo and several other parks and gardens employeesare lined up, moving methodically through the park,picking up litter.

Tony Wallace approaches, takes Johnjos arm, walks off with him for a bit to find a safe place to talk.

TONY WALLACEIm sorry about this, Johnjo.Really sorry, mate.

JOHNJO OSHEA What are we gonna do?

TONY WALLACEI dont know.

JOHNJO OSHEA You were going there to get him,

werent you?

TONY WALLACEYeah. Not the lad who died, no.But someone, yeah



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JOHNJO OSHEA Nothing to do with pizzas at all.

TONY WALLACENo.

JOHNJO OSHEA And the others knew, didntthey?

TONY WALLACEYeah.

JOHNJO OSHEA Everyone knew bar me.

TONY WALLACEYeah.

JOHNJO OSHEA Im telling you the pizza I wantand its got nothing to do withpizza cause youre going thereto sort some...

Tony is aware that people are glancing over.

TONY WALLACEShush.

JOHNJO OSHEA ...bastard out. Im made up,arent I? Im made up when I getthe call, arent I? Come withus for a pizza. Come with thebig lads for...

TONY WALLACEShush, mate...

JOHNJO OSHEA ...a pizza but all youreinterested in is the car. Thatsall you want: the fucking car.And that makes me...

TONY WALLACETheres people looking at usso...

JOHNJO OSHEA ...feel like shit, mate, and soit should and all cause...

TONY WALLACE

...please shut it. Fucking SHUTIT!



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This is D.I.Hastingss p.o.v. DC Jane Pearson is withhim. Hastings is holding a ringing phone but no one isanswering it.

D.I. HASTINGSCould we get them enhanced?

DC JANE PEARSONWere trying.

And now, on the CCTV, the boys fleeing the pizza place.

DC JANE PEARSON (CONTD)These are the best weve got ofthe other three.

Hastingss disappointment with the images.

D.I. HASTINGSCould be anyone...

But the phone is answered.

MARGARET WARD (V.O.)Hello?

D.I. HASTINGSD.I. Hastings here. Is that you,Margaret?

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INT MARGARET WARDS HOUSE DAY 2 164322 22

We intercut between Margaret and the station.

MARGARET WARDYes.

D.I. HASTINGSIm just letting you know werearresting someone soon and itssignificant.

MARGARET WARDWho?

D.I. HASTINGS(to Pearson)

Name again?

DC JANE PEARSONOShea.

D.I. HASTINGS(down phone)OShea. Mean anything?



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MARGARET WARDNo.

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Theyre all eating. Johnjo seems lost in a world of hisown...

PATRICK O'SHEA So its nothing to do with

money?

KAREN O'SHEA No.

PATRICK O'SHEA And nothing to do with being onthe telly?

KAREN O'SHEA Nothing to do with either ofthem, no. Its just that somegirls are into footie justlike...

PATRICK O'SHEA Bollocks.

COLEEN O'SHEA Language.

KAREN O'SHEA ...you and your mates are.

PATRICK O'SHEA So its footie, yeah?

KAREN O'SHEA Yeah.

Johnjo sees a flashing blue light outside...

PATRICK O'SHEA They play footie so girls whoare into footie are gonna beattracted to them...

KAREN O'SHEA Yeah.

PATRICK O'SHEA Thats your argument, yeah?

KAREN O'SHEA Yeah.



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PATRICK O'SHEA I play footie.

COLEEN O'SHEA (to Johnjo)

Whats up?

KAREN OSHEA (to Patrick)

So?

PATRICK O'SHEA So how come theyre not throwingthemselves at me?

JOHNJO OSHEA (to Mum)

Nothing.

KAREN O'SHEA Have you looked in the mirrorlately?

PATRICK O'SHEA Has Wayne Rooney? Im gonna pulla bird like his, am I, becauseshes into football and I playfor the Dog and Duck?

KAREN O'SHEA

They were childhood sweethearts.PATRICK O'SHEA

Oh bollocks!

COLEEN O'SHEA I wont tell you again!

PATRICK O'SHEA Its about being famous andhaving a load of dosh andfootball gives you both. Itsnothing to do with footballitself. Thats just a means toan end. It could be music oracting or boxing or anythinglike that, anything...

The doorbell goes. Johnjo stands.

PATRICK O'SHEA (CONTD)...that brings a bit of fame andfortune. Thats all that

matters. And of course theyregonna say theyre into it...

We go with Johnjo...



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PATRICK O'SHEA (CONTD)No birds gonna say, I cantstand football but I love thedosh.

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INT./EXT. JOHNJO OSHEAS HOUSE - NIGHT 2 183824 24

Johnjo opens the door to the police.

D.I. HASTINGSPatrick OShea?

JOHNJO OSHEA Johnjo OShea.

D.I. HASTINGSIs Patrick in?

JOHNJO OSHEA Yeah.

D.I. HASTINGS(walking past him)

Well come in then if thatsokay.

Johnjos reaction.

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The coppers enter the living room.

D.I. HASTINGSPatrick OShea?

PATRICK O'SHEA Yeah?

PETER O'SHEA Whats going on?

D.I. HASTINGSWere arresting you on...

Exclamations from parents and sister...

D.I. HASTINGS (CONTD)...suspicion of the murder ofThomas Ward. You do not have to

say anything, however if...PATRICK O'SHEA

Youre joking, arent you?



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D.I. HASTINGS...you do not mention somethingyou later rely on in court itcould harm your defence.Anything you do say might beused in evidence against you. Doyou understand?

PATRICK O'SHEA This is a joke, yeah?

D.I. HASTINGSDo you understand?

PATRICK OSHEA No.

D.I. HASTINGS

I think you do but Ill say itagain. And sorry about this(handcuffs he means)

...but its murder so... If youdo not mention...

COLEEN O'SHEA Is this the boy last night?

D.I. HASTINGS...something you later rely on

in court it could harm yourdefence. Right?

COLEEN O'SHEA Is this the boy last night?

D.I. HASTINGSYes.

COLEEN O'SHEA He was with his girl.

The coppers now leaving with Patrick...

D.I. HASTINGSIn that case hes got nothing to

worry about.

COLEEN O'SHEA He was with his girl all night!

Mum, Dad and Karen following the police through thehouse, down the hall, complaining that this is stupid,that this is a joke, that Patrick was with his girl allnight...

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EXT. JOHNJO OSHEAS STREET - NIGHT 2 184126 26

Theyre out of the house now. They will try to putPatrick into a police car with Mum, Dad and Karen STILLprotesting his innocence, still insisting that he

wouldnt harm a fly, that he couldnt murder a pint...

Johnjos reaction...

The police manage to get Patrick into the car. Mum, Dadand Karen still protesting. The car drives off. They

watch it go.

Johnjo watches it go...

Across the road - Kieran Gillespie and his family...

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INT. PARENTS BEDROOM - NIGHT 2 002027 27

Johnjos parents are in bed but sleep wont come.

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INT. JOHNJOS BEDROOM - NIGHT 2 002128 28

On Johnjo. He cant sleep either.

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INT. SISTERS BEDROOM - NIGHT 2 002229 29

Johnjos sister Karen also lies awake...

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Johnjo and his parents get into the car. Johnjo drivesoff.

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INT. POLICE STATION - DAY 3 110431 31

The parents waiting. Patrick enters reception (from thecells).

COLEEN OSHEA

Theyre letting you...?PATRICK O'SHEA

Police bail. Wheres Johnjo?



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They do so. His sister too.

PATRICK O'SHEA (CONTD)(to Johnjo)

Sit down.

COLEEN O'SHEA Youre scaring me now, Patrick.

PATRICK O'SHEA Mam, you dont know the half ofit.

(to Johnjo)Sit down!

And Johnjo, a nervous wreck, does indeed sit down.

PATRICK O'SHEA (CONTD)

(to Johnjo)Tell them.(Johnjo cant.)

Shall I tell them?(Johnjo nods)

That stabbing in the pizza place- the lads who did it used mycar.

COLEEN O'SHEA How..?

But it dawns on her how. And on Peter. And on Karen.PATRICK O'SHEA

He gave them a lift in it.

But Mum is shaking her head, unable to believe it.

PATRICK O'SHEA (CONTD)Ive seen him on the CCTV, Mum

PETER O'SHEA Oh my God.

JOHNJO OSHEA They said they were going for apizza.

COLEEN O'SHEA Oh, Johnjo!

PATRICK O'SHEA I wish I could smack you, youprick.

JOHNJO OSHEA

I thought we were going for apizza!

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INT. MORTUARY - DAY 3 113635 35

Margaret Ward and her ex-husband (Tommy) are sittingclose to their sons body. Time passes painfullyslowly.

TOMMY WARDKids at home?

(She nods)How are they?

MARGARET WARDOver the moon.

(regretting it now)Sorry.

Pause.

TOMMY WARDWe bumped into each other.

He and Thomas he means. Her surprise at this.

TOMMY WARD (CONTD)Two weeks ago. He didnt mentionit?

MARGARET WARDNo. Did he speak?

TOMMY WARDNo. He said hello. That was all.

MARGARET WARDHello was more than youdeserved.

Another little wound to lick. Another pause...

At some point we go to an ante room...

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...where Detective Inspector Hastings, extremely moved,sits and listens...

TOMMY WARD (V.O.)Can I ask you something?

MARGARET WARD (V.O.)Yeah.

Pause...MARGARET WARD (V.O.)

What is it?



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Back to Margaret and Tommy...

TOMMY WARDDid you have to turn him against

me?

MARGARET WARDI didnt.

TOMMY WARDYou did.

MARGARET WARDI just told him the truth.

TOMMY WARDThe truth was always gonna makeit worse.

MARGARET WARDHow? You were leaving us. Howcould it get any worse? Youdying maybe. No, not even youdying cause you dying brings in

money - pension, insurance. Youleaving means were skint.

Pause. Pain...

MARGARET WARD (CONTD)

You know what it is? Guilt. Youfeel as guilty as sin. Well,youve always felt as guilty assin, ever since you left, butnow THIS...

(death of Thomas)...this makes it ten times

worse. Well, sorry, nothing Ican do for you. My kids weretraumatised, you see. Youcouldnt possibly know howtraumatised cause you were offswanning it with your fancypiece but I was looking at itday in, day out so I made surethey knew that it wasnt myfault and youdve done thesame.

Pause. Pain...

TOMMY WARDIts not guilt. Well, its notall guilt. I used to imagine ourreconciliation.


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Id meet him one day when he wasolder, knew more about men and

women, and wed go for a pintand Id talk to him man to man,brutal honesty, one life, oneshot at happiness, all thatstuff, and after that hed havesome sort of grudging... Well,not respect, no. Grudgingacceptance maybe. And Id buildon that and build on it... Buthes gone. And so has theprospect of reconciliation. Andthat makes me so.... That makes

me so...

He is searching for the word. Close to tears.

MARGARET WARDDont you dare cry. You haventthe right. You cry and Ill...

But she stops because a man has entered. He is anundertaker.

UNDERTAKERThey can do an independent post

mortem for defence purposes soyoull be able to bury him inthe next few weeks.

MARGARET WARDThanks.

UNDERTAKERDid you decide which coffin...?

MARGARET WARDYeah. The white one.

UNDERTAKER(its delicate)

Thats rather more expensive.

MARGARET WARDIts okay.

UNDERTAKERIf you were on benefits, wecould...

MARGARET WARDHis mates want to write little

messages on it so its got be white and Ill get the money.


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UNDERTAKERIt needs to be up front, yousee. Its hard to talk money ata time like...

MARGARET WARDHonestly, its okay! Ill begetting money off CriminalInjuries and Ill use that.

UNDERTAKERI dont think thatll come intime.

TOMMY WARDCould I...

MARGARET WARD

No! You gave us nothing when he was alive...(to undertaker)

Im sorry about this.(to Tommy)

You wont do it now hes dead.(to undertaker)

Sorry.

Tommy Ward suddenly stands, leaves...

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Tommy, heading for the exit. Detective InspectorHastings and Tommy look at each other. Tommy leaves.

DI Hastingss reaction: Oh, how he despises the yobs who have caused all this pain...

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We come in in the middle of a very heated conversation.Johnjo, Johnjos parents, Patrick and Karen.

COLEEN O'SHEA Tomorrow?

PETER O'SHEA Yeah.

COLEEN O'SHEA

Why wait till tomorrow?



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PETER O'SHEA Two reasons. One, theyll callhim a grass...

COLEEN O'SHEA What!

PETER O'SHEA Theyll call him a grass.

COLEEN O'SHEA A boy has been killed for Godssake!

PETER O'SHEA I know that.

COLEEN O'SHEA

Everyone should be a grass. Whena boy has...

PETER O'SHEA I agree with you...

COLEEN O'SHEA ...been killed everyone shouldtell the police every thing theyknow. Thats what wed wantif...

PETER OSHEA Not everyone sees it that way.Not round here...

COLEEN O'SHEA ...it had happened to us. Wed

want everyone to tell the truth.Wed expect it.

PETER O'SHEA I agree with you! But theresloads round here who dont.

(pointing acrossthe road)

They dont. Those mad bastardsover the road, they dont see itlike that. Theyll burn us outcause he grassed them up. Andif they dont burn us out, thefamily of the lad who died willburn us out. Thats the reality:

were gonna need a bit of timeto find somewhere to live cause

were not gonna be able to livehere. And we cant do anything

till hes got a lawyer, a propercriminal lawyer, and you wontget one on a Sunday...



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COLEEN OSHEA He doesnt need one.

PETER O'SHEA ...and that means we wait tilltomorrow... Of course he needsone.

COLEEN O'SHEA Hes done nothing wrong. Allhes got to do is go in thereand tell the truth cause hesgot nothing to fear from tellingthe truth...

Johnjo cant take much more of this.

COLEEN O'SHEA (CONTD)

Why wait? thats what theyllsay. Why didnt you come roundright away, as soon as you knew?And why are you hiding behind alawyer? If youve got nothing tohide, why the wait? Why thelawyer?

(to Johnjo)Where are you going?

JOHNJO OSHEA Toilet.

COLEEN O'SHEA (to Peter)

I cant believe youre actinglike this. Some poor kids been

murdered and...

Were leaving them. Were going with Johnjo.

PETER O'SHEA Im thinking of Johnjo.

COLEEN O'SHEA ...some poor mothers off herhead with grief and youreducking and diving...

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Bathroom. Johnjo sitting on the bath, lost in thought.From downstairs, his parents still arguing...

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EXT. ROAD - DAY 3 123940 40

Johnjo walking...

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Coleen climbing the stairs.

COLEEN O'SHEA Johnjo?

No answer. She pushes open the bathroom door.

COLEEN O'SHEA (CONTD)Johnjo?

The bathroom is empty.

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EXT. POLICE STATION - DAY 3 124142 42

Johnjo enters a police station.

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Coleen opens a bedroom door.

COLEEN O'SHEA Johnjo?

She looks under the bed, in the wardrobe. Shesbeginning to panic...

COLEEN O'SHEA (CONTD)(loud now)

Johnjo!

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D.I. Hastings enters. Johnjo stands.

JOHNJO OSHEA Mister Hastings?

D.I. HASTINGSYes?



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JOHNJO OSHEA Im Johnjo OShea. You came toour house, when you arrested ourPatrick. It was me who openedthe door.

D.I. HASTINGSRight.

JOHNJO OSHEA It was me.

D.I. HASTINGS(misunderstanding)

Right.

JOHNJO OSHEA It was me who drove the car.

Hastingss reaction. He cant believe his luck.

JOHNJO OSHEA (CONTD)They told me they were going fora pizza.

D.I. HASTINGSThe other lads?

JOHNJO OSHEA Yeah.

D.I. HASTINGSAnd you believed them?

JOHNJO OSHEA Yeah.

D.I. HASTINGSIn that case youve nothing tofear, son. You just tell meeverything you know and thenyou...

JOHNJO OSHEA Im going to.

D.I. HASTINGS...can go back home. Okay?

JOHNJO OSHEA Okay.

D.I. HASTINGSHow old are you?

JOHNJO OSHEA Seventeen.



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D.I. HASTINGSDo you want your parents to sitin on it?

Thats the last thing Johnjo wants.

JOHNJO OSHEA No.

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Johnjos parents, brother, sister - on separate phones.

COLEEN O'SHEA If he shows up at yours will you

phone me?

KAREN O'SHEA Johnjo at yours by any chance?

PATRICK O'SHEA Patrick OShea, Mrs Mac. Is yourMichael there?

COLEEN O'SHEA No, he didnt. He didnt sayanything. Just disappeared. And

he never does that.PETER O'SHEA

No, hes gone missing, mate, and were getting a bit worried

about him to tell you the truth.

PATRICK O'SHEA Its okay, Ill hold on.

COLEEN O'SHEA No, Ive tried his mobile. Hesnot answering it...

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Interview room. D.I. Hastings and D.C. Jane Pearsontake seats opposite Johnjo.

D.I. HASTINGSDetective Inspector Hastings andDetective Constable Jane Pearson

with John Joseph OShea.Interview begins at one eighteenp.m. on the twentieth of March,two thousand and thirteen.


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You remember I asked you if you wanted your parents to sit in on

this interview, Johnjo, and yousaid no. Do you remember that?

JOHNJO OSHEA Yes.

D.I. HASTINGSWell, if you want a lawyer here,you can have one. Thats yourright too. Do you understandthat?

JOHNJO OSHEA Yes.

D.I. HASTINGS

Do you want a lawyer?

JOHNJO OSHEA No. Im just telling the truth.Ive done nothing wrong.

His mobile is ringing..

D.I. HASTINGSYou want to answer that?

JOHNJO OSHEA

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Coleen is on the phone.

COLEEN O'SHEA (to the others)

Still message.(down phone)

Johnjo, Im fed up with you messing about. Im worried sick

about you. Now phone me.

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JOHNJO OSHEA One of my brothers matesphoned, asked for a lift to the

pizza place.


D.I. HASTINGS (CONT'D)

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I said yeah and he came round with another mate and a lad

called Kieran Gillespie...

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A car pulls up across the road from the pizza place.

TONY WALLACE(to Johnjo)

Wait in the car.

Tony Wallace, Colin McCabe and Kieran Gillespie aregetting out. Johnjo stays .

TONY WALLACE (CONTD)(of a young man inthe pizza place)

Its him.

JOHNJO OSHEA Who?

But theyre already heading across the road.

TONY WALLACENo one.

JOHNJO OSHEA No mushrooms on mine.

But he is ignored.

He turns the CD on. A rap number blasts out. Something makes him looks towards the pizza place.

His view is distorted but Johnjo can see some sort ofstruggle going on in the pizza place.

And suddenly the three boys are heading back to the carand now theyre piling into the car...

TONY WALLACEDrive!


Colin McCabe berating Kieran Gillespie throughout...

TONY WALLACEDrive!

JOHNJO OSHEA Right!


JOHNJO OSHEA (CONT'D)


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They screech off.

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INT POLICE STATION DAY 3 144850 50

Back to Johnjo. Hes facing D.C. Jane Pearson. D.I.Hastings coming back into the room, a sheet of paper inhis hand.

D.I. HASTINGS(taking a seat)

Nearly there now, Johnjo. Just afew more things we need and thenits over. Okay?

(into tape)Interview resumed two forty

eight. D.C. Jane Pearson, D.I.Hastings and John Joseph OShea.(consulting his

piece of paper)Who were the other two lads?

JOHNJO OSHEA They didnt do anything wrong.

D.I. HASTINGSI understand that but we need toknow their names, Johnjo.

JOHNJO OSHEA I dont mind grassing Kieran upcause he did the stabbing butIm not bubbling the other two.

D.I. HASTINGSTheyre your mates.

JOHNJO OSHEA No.

D.I. HASTINGSYour brothers mates?

JOHNJO OSHEA Yeah.

D.I. HASTINGSWho matters more to you: them oryour parents?

JOHNJO OSHEA My parents.

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JOHNJO OSHEA Yeah.

D.I. HASTINGSOver you?

JOHNJO OSHEA Yeah.

D.I. HASTINGSOver whether to go to the policeor not?

JOHNJO OSHEA Yeah.

D.I. HASTINGSThats bad news.

Johnjo, frightened, stares at him.

D.I. HASTINGS (CONTD)Your parents could go to prisonfor that, Johnjo. Not callingthe police, thats pervertingthe course of justice and eventhough they only did it causethey love you, its very, veryserious.

Johnjo even more frightened now...D.I. HASTINGS (CONTD)

Luckily youve come forward soas long as we get the wholetruth from you we should be ableto turn a blind eye to all that.Which is good, isnt it?

JOHNJO OSHEA Im not grassing them up. KieranGillespie, yes. The other two,no.

D.I. HASTINGSOkay.

Hastings goes back to his sheet of paper.

D.I. HASTINGS (CONTD)You left the engine running?

JOHNJO OSHEA Yes.

D.I. HASTINGSWhy?



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JOHNJO OSHEA It was cold.

D.I. HASTINGSFor a quick getaway?

JOHNJO OSHEA No.

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INT./EXT. JOHNJO OSHEAS HOUSE DAY 3 154551 51

Patrick still on his mobile, asking friends if theyveseen anything of Johnjo (see appendix 1)...

COLEEN O'SHEA

Shall we phone the police?

PETER O'SHEA I dont know.

COLEEN O'SHEA Or go looking for him, drivearound a bit?

KAREN O'SHEA Where would we look?

COLEEN O'SHEA I dont know.

PETER O'SHEA And what if he comes back while

were out?

COLEEN O'SHEA (moving)

I cant just sit around here.

She sees something through the window.

COLEEN O'SHEA (CONTD)Oh, Pete!

PETER O'SHEA What?

She gestures at something she can see. It frightenshim. He goes to her, looks through the window at...

A police car pulling up, officers getting out...

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D.I. HASTINGSWed like you to stay in thisroom and PC Matthews will stay

with you. Wed like you to tryto sit and relax and, certainly,dont remove anything from theroom. If you need...

They enter the living room...

PATRICK O'SHEA Whats going on?

COLEEN O'SHEA How did you talk to Johnjo?

D.I. HASTINGS...to use the bathroom... He

walked into the station and madea full statement.

PETER O'SHEA He made a full statement?

D.I. HASTINGSYes.

More and more officers are entering the house...

D.I. HASTINGS (CONTD)

If you need to use the bathroom,a police officer will have to go with you, Im afraid.

PATRICK O'SHEA Whats happening?

PETER O'SHEATheyre searching the house.

D.I. HASTINGSWell almost certainly have totake stuff away with us andshould...

COLEEN O'SHEA Can I see my son please?

D.I. HASTINGS...that happen, well photographit in situ, well get you to

witness it and well give you areceipt.

COLEEN O'SHEA

Can I see my son please?



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D.I. HASTINGSIll organise that as soon as Ican.

Through the open door she sees police officers goingupstairs...

COLEEN O'SHEA My daughters upstairs!

D.I. HASTINGSWill you get her down please?

So Coleen makes her way to the foot of the stairs.

COLEEN O'SHEA Karen!

D.I. HASTINGSWell need the clothes Johnjo was wearing that night.

Mums reaction to that. She can hardly believe this ishappening.

COLEEN O'SHEA Karen, get down here.

(to Hastings)Theyll be in the basket. Hes

wearing the jeans. Socks, undies

and vest are in the basket.Karen appears at her door, is stunned to see theofficers.

KAREN O'SHEA Whats going on?

COLEEN OSHEA Get down here.

(to Hastings)If hes made a full statementyoull know hes done nothing.

KAREN OSHEA (coming downstairs)

Whats going on?

COLEEN OSHEA Theyre searching the house.

KAREN O'SHEA What!

COLEEN O'SHEA

Go in there.



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KAREN O'SHEA (heading for the

room)For Gods sake!

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Johnjo is photographed.

Hes fingerprinted.

His mouth is swabbed.

He sits down on a bed in a cell. The door slams shut onhim.

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The police are leaving. Car doors slamming, doors onpolice vans sliding shut...

Johnjos family watch this from their front door. Theyfeel dirty, raped almost...

The final van moves off...And reveals Kieran Gillespie watching from his frontstep.

They look at each other. Oh how they hate KieranGillespie. Patrick goes to cross the street to get toGillespie but Pete stops him.

PETER O'SHEA Were better than that.

Patrick accepts his fathers word. The entire familygoes back into the house.

The front door closes on Kieran Gillespie - and on us.

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EXT. O/S JOHNJO OSHEAS HOUSE - DAY 3 170356 56

A car pulls up. Johnjos Aunty Shelagh gets out thedrivers side, her son (Tony Wallace) gets out the otherside. Shelagh rings the bell. Coleen opens the door.

Shelagh steps in immediately...SHELAGH

Is it true?



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COLEEN O'SHEA (hesitates)

Is what true?

SHELAGHThe police searched your house.

COLEEN O'SHEA Yeah.

Shelagh has gone in to the living room, her son followingher.

COLEEN O'SHEA (CONTD)Does she know?

Tony Wallace shakes his head, follows his mother into theroom. Coleen closes the door and follows them.

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Karen, Patrick and Peter are here.

SHELAGHWhat were they looking for?

COLEEN O'SHEA

Evidence.SHELAGH

About what?

COLEEN O'SHEA (to Tony Wallace)

If you dont tell her, I will.

SHELAGH(fearful)

What is it?

TONY WALLACEThat stabbing in the pizza place,Mum.

SHELAGHYeah?

TONY WALLACEJohnjo drove them.

Shelaghs reaction - real dismay...

TONY WALLACE (CONTD)It was Kieran Gillespie.



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COLEEN O'SHEA Its only one night, Johnjo.Just one night. And tomorrow wego to court and we tell themyouve done nothing and we getyou out and we bring you home.

JOHNJO OSHEA Right.

COLEEN O'SHEA I promise.

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INT. MAGISTRATES COURT - DAY 4 100459 59

DEFENCE LAWYERWe ask for bail on three counts,Maam. One, he is seventeenyears of age. Two, he is a young

man of impeccable character, noprevious convictions whatsoever.Three, he walked into the policestation on his own accord and...

Johnjos parents: tense, yes, but hopeful...

DEFENCE LAWYER (CONTD)

...made a full and frankstatement and that is the onlyreason he stands before youtoday.

The magistrate looks to the prosecution...

MAGISTRATEYes?

PROSECUTION LAWYER(used these words a

thousand times)We oppose bail, Maam, becauseof the serious nature of thecharge.

MAGISTRATE(no hesitation)

Bail refused. You are remandedin custody to reappear here intwo weeks time. Take him down.

The magistrate goes straight into some housekeepingdetails with the lawyers re the next case (see

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Johnjo goes to stand but blood starts dripping from hisnose.

His parents see it. It frightens them.

The magistrate continues to discuss a problem she has with the next case...

A prison officer gives Johnjo a tissue. The flow of bloodis increasing...

COLEEN O'SHEA (to magistrate)

Excuse me.

But the magistrate is too deep in conversation with thedefence lawyer.

The blood still flowing.

COLEEN O'SHEA (CONTD)Excuse me, please!

MAGISTRATEYes?

Mum looks to Johnjo. The magistrate realises he has aproblem.

MAGISTRATE (CONTD)

Are you okay, Mister OShea?COLEEN O'SHEA

Hes a haemophiliac.

MAGISTRATEOh... Ill make sure hes lookedafter, dont worry.

(to the officer)Take him down please.

The magistrate resumes her conversation with the defencelawyer.

Johnjos parents watch, brokenhearted, as Johnjo is takendownstairs.

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INT. HIGH STREET BANK OFFICE - DAY 4 103560 60

Margaret Ward and a bank manager.

BANKER

Four thousand, six hundred?MARGARET WARD

Yes.



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BANKERIve no recent experience butisnt it a lot for a funeral?

MARGARET WARDIts a bit more than average, yes.

BANKERCould you get it down a bit?

MARGARET WARDHow much are you prepared to lend

me?

BANKERTo be honest I dont think we canlend you anything.

MARGARET WARDThen why ask me to get it down abit?

BANKERIm just exploring alternatives,Mrs Ward.

MARGARET WARDIm sorry.

BANKER

(consulting papers)Youve had an overdraft for quitesome time and your mortgage isstill in arrears. Youve obviouslystruggled so, unless yourcircumstances have radicallyimproved, I dont think it wise totake on more debt.

Margaret Wards burning resentment. She doesnt trustherself to respond.

BANKER (CONTD)Im sorry.

MARGARET WARDThey have improved. Radicallyimproved.

BANKERHow?

MARGARET WARDIve one less mouth to feed.

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MARGARET WARD (CONTD)Im sorry for that as well.

(standing)And Im sorry to have botheredyou.

She leaves...

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INT./EXT. JOHNJO OSHEAS HOUSE - DAY 4 105361 61

Johnjos parents staring blankly through the window...

Their p.o.v. Kieran Gillespies house is being searchedas police officers put him, handcuffed, into a policecar.

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Kieran Gillespie and solicitor facing D.I Hastings anda colleague. The CCTV is running...

D.I. HASTINGSAnd now the three of you walkingpurposefully from the car to the

pizza place. Thats you there,Kieran, yeah?

KIERAN GILLESPIENo comment.

D.I. HASTINGSThree men on a mission.

KIERAN GILLESPIENo comment.

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Tony Wallace and a solicitor face Hastings and acolleague, the CCTV running...

D.I. HASTINGSYou say youve gone in for apizza. That could be twenty

minutes. Why leave the enginerunning?



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Margaret - in her ignorance - is moved by the pizza managers reaction.

D.I. HASTINGSIll phone you tonight.

She can only nod.

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EXT. MOVING CAR - DAY 4 160367 67

Hastings driving, Hugo Davies deep in thought: still wrecked by meeting Margaret and only too aware that

Hastings is on to him...

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A line up of young men on a video screen. KieranGillespie is one of them. Hastings and Hugo Davies arelooking at it.

D.I. HASTINGS(formally)

We think one of the three men who entered your shop on the

night of the murder is in thisline up. See if you recogniseanyone please.

Hugo Davies wastes little time looking.

HUGO DAVIESNo.

D.I. HASTINGSYoure sure?

HUGO DAVIESYeah.

D.I. HASTINGSOkay. Weve got two more.

Another line up on the screen. Tony Wallace is in it.

D.I. HASTINGS (CONTD)See if you recognise anyoneplease.

HUGO DAVIES

No.D.I. HASTINGS

No one?



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HUGO DAVIESNo.

D.I. HASTINGSRight. One more.

Another line up. Colin McCabe is in it.

D.I. HASTINGS (CONTD)Once again, see if you recogniseanyone please.

HUGO DAVIESNo.

D.I. HASTINGSWould you like to see themagain?

HUGO DAVIESNo.

D.I. HASTINGSYou were very quick, you see.Ive been a copper for thirtythree years and Ive never seenanyone as quick. It was as ifyou didnt WANT to recogniseanyone.

HUGO DAVIESSorry.

D.I. HASTINGSYou will be, son.

The gloves are well and truly off now...

D.I. HASTINGS (CONTD)You didnt even recognise TonyWallace?

HUGO DAVIESWhos Tony Wallace?

D.I. HASTINGSYou dont know Tony Wallace?

HUGO DAVIESNo.

D.I. HASTINGSWe checked the calls made to andfrom your shop. You phoned himfifteen minutes before the

murder. He phoned youimmediately after it.

The Pizza Managers fear...



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Its taking the enamel off myteeth. God knows what its doingto my stomach.

D.I. HASTINGSIn the old days wed work hardto establish who it was who usedthe knife. Hed get done for

murder and the other scumbags would go free. All that effort,

I used to think, just forscumbags to go free. Well,thats all changed. We donthave to prove who used the knifeanymore cause you ALL get donefor murder. If you were there,egging him on, backing him up,if you helped in any way, a

phone call, a knowing lookeven, you get done for murder.Its called Joint Enterprise,Hugo. And I love it.

Pizza Manager looks at Lawyer. Can this be true?

LAWYERYes.

Cards on the table time...

LAWYER (CONTD)Is there anything we can helpyou with, Detective Inspector?

D.I. HASTINGSYes. He could make a fullstatement. Name names. And agreeto give evidence if necessary.

LAWYERAnd in return?

D.I. HASTINGSHe goes free.

On Hugo Davies. We fade in his voice-over...

HUGO DAVIES (V.O.)I was on my own. It dies offabout eight, you see, picks upagain about ten...

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INT. PIZZA PLACE - NIGHT 1 194371 71Hugo Davies punching a number into the landline.


LAWYER (CONT'D)


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HUGO DAVIES(down phone)

Hugo Davies here, Tony. Are youstill looking for that gobshite,Albie Flanagan?

(beat)Hes just phoned for threeSpecials.

(beat)Okay, mate.

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HUGO DAVIESI go the match. I see linesmen.

Theyre unsure whether a mansoffside or not but they put theflag up. Nine times out of tenthey put the flag up. They wantto be seen to matter. And youreseen to matter when you dosomething, not when you dont. Ithink thats why I made thatcall: I wanted to be seen to

matter.

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INT. PIZZA PLACE - NIGHT 1 200573 73

Theres a customer. Its Thomas Ward and hes leaningagainst a wall, waiting for his pizza.

Hugo Davies is busy.

Albie Flanagan enters.

ALBIE FLANAGANAlright, Hugo.

HUGO DAVIES(scared now)

Alright, Albie. Hows it going?

ALBIE FLANAGANSound...

Flanagan gets a text, reads it as...

ALBIE FLANAGAN (CONTD)How long you been here?

HUGO DAVIESFew months.



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ALBIE FLANAGANAny good?

Hugo Davies sees a car pull up across the road.

HUGO DAVIESNot bad. Three Specials, medium,yeah?

ALBIE FLANAGANYeah.

HUGO DAVIESFive minutes.

ALBIE FLANAGANRight.

Tony Wallace, Colin McCabe and Kieran Gillespie enter.

TONY WALLACEHey!

Flanagan turns. Tony Wallace headbutts him. They fight.But Tony Wallace is having much the better of it.

Hugo Davies is appalled at this happening in hisshop...

HUGO DAVIES

Not in here. Right?TONY WALLACE

(to young man he isfighting)

Touch her again and Ill killyou. Right?

(thumps him)You go near her again and I...

HUGO DAVIESOutside, Tony. Tony! Tony!. Thisis totally out of order, this.Totally out of order, Tony...

TONY WALLACE(punching as he

speaks)...will break every bone in yourbody. Have you got that? Im

waiting to hear that you...

HUGO DAVIES...cause thisll bring thebizzies round. Thisll bring the

bizzies to my bleedin shop andthats not right, Tony...



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TONY WALLACE...understand what Im saying,you gobshite. Touch her againand I will kill you...

Meanwhile Kieran Gillespie turns on Thomas Ward, aninnocent bystander...

KIERAN GILLESPIEWhat are you looking at?

HUGO DAVIESTony, thats enough...

THOMAS WARD(frightened)

Nothing...

TONY WALLACENow let me know you understandexactly what Im saying or Illgo on knocking shite out of you.Right?

KIERAN GILLESPIE(to Thomas Ward)

You think Im shit?

HUGO DAVIESEnough. Right? Enough...

ALBIE FLANAGANI understand!

KIERAN GILLESPIEI said, Dyou think Im shit??

THOMAS WARDNo.

KIERAN GILLESPIEHave it.

And Kieran Gillespie stabs Thomas Ward.

TONY WALLACE(blissfully

ignorant)Right. So just keep away fromher. Dont even phone her. Ifind out youre..

Horrified shouts from Colin McCabe...

HUGO DAVIES

Hes stabbed him. The madbastards stabbed him...



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TONY WALLACE...phoning her and I give it toyou again. Right? I give...

He realises. He turns, sees the stabbed boy...

HUGO DAVIES(dialling 999)

You mad bastard. You stupid, madbastard...

(down phone)We need an ambulance. We need anambulance right away because...

TONY WALLACEJesus, Kieran!

HUGO DAVIES

...someones been stabbed.

COLIN MCCABEYou prick!

TONY WALLACEWhat have you done, you softbastard..?

HUGO DAVIESSuperbo Pizza. Holt Road...

They flee. Albie Flanagan flees with them.HUGO DAVIES (CONTD)

(down phone)Theyre spewing it. Theyreleaving me on my own with himand I dont know what to do...No, Holt Road, H,O,L,T, Holt...

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HUGO DAVIESThey all got off and left me toit, the pricks. Even ColinMcCabe.

D.I. HASTINGSEven Colin McCabe?

HUGO DAVIESHes a nurse.

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Margaret Ward reluctantly picks up the phone, punches ina number.

We intercut as we wish...

TOMMY WARDHello.

MARGARET WARDIts me.

TOMMY WARDHow are you?

MARGARET WARDFine. You?

TOMMY WARDFine.

A pause. She cant say it.

TOMMY WARD (CONTD)What is it?

MARGARET WARDI cant get the money to bury him.

TOMMY WARDCan I give you it?

MARGARET WARDYeah.

TOMMY WARDHow much?

MARGARET WARDFour thousand, six hundred. And

maybe two hundred for the buffet.Four eight.

TOMMY WARDIll come round with five grandtomorrow.

MARGARET WARDFour eight.

TOMMY WARDFour eight.

MARGARET WARD

Thanks.



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TOMMY WARDIm sorry for treating you sobadly. Im sorry for lying...

MARGARET WARD(cutting in)

I just want the money, Tommy.

TOMMY WARDRight.

She puts the phone down. She feels soiled, humiliated...

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INT. MARGARET WARDS HOUSE - DAY 5 113576 76

On Julie (Margaret Wards teenaged daughter), reallyexcited...

JULIE WARDHes here, Mum!

And now Margaret, just as excited, hurrying downstairs...

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EXT. MARGARET WARDS HOUSE - DAY 5 113677 77

Lots of neighbours are around. Two men are pulling a white coffin from a hearse...

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Thomas Wards body is on display in his white coffin.The room is packed with people chanting the rosary, anolder woman leading it...

They hurtle through the Our Fathers and the HailMarys.

The coffin lid is standing against a wall. People have written little messages all over it and signed them.

They continue to hurtle through the prayers. Tommy Wardleaves the room, goes into the kitchen.

Kitchen. His teenaged daughter (Julie) is here. Itsawkward. He starts pouring himself a whisky and soda...

TOMMY WARDYoure not into that either?



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Religion he means. She shakes her head: she definitely isNOT into it.

She suddenly goes to her father and hugs him. He foldshis arms around her. She has missed him so much...

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EXT. JOHNJO OSHEAS HOUSE - NIGHT 5 195079 79

The doorbell goes. Its Shelagh pressing it.

Coleen opens the door.

SHELAGHYoure coming out.

COLEEN O'SHEA I cant, Shee, Im...

SHELAGHYoure coming out!

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INT. PUB - NIGHT 5 212080 80

Coleen and Shelagh are helpless with laughter...

Theres a comedian on and hes going down a storm.

Coleen laughing, laughing.

But she sees something...

A woman across the pub is looking at her with disgust.

It really gets to Coleen. She sees another woman lookingat her in disgust. Coleen stops laughing. Shelagh noticesit...

SHELAGHWhat?

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Johnjos parents are in bed.

COLEEN O'SHEA You know what that look said? How

dare you laugh? How dare you evensmile. Dont smile ever again.



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He comforts her.

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EXT. THE ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE - DAY 6 084582 82

Johnjos family enter the Royal Courts of Justice.

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INT. THE ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE - DAY 6 091583 83

Johnjos barrister Barnes-Williams and Johnjos familyare in a huddle in a corridor...

BARNES-WILLIAMS

Weve been lucky. This is a goodjudge. Im going to ask him toview it as a straightforward

murder case - one killer, onevictim, not joint enterprise.

COLEEN O'SHEA And if he agrees to that?

BARNES-WILLIAMSIf he agrees to that, Johnjosgoing home with you. No doubt

whatsoever.Coleens joy. His dads. Brothers. Sisters...

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INT. COURT - DAY 6 102584 84

CLERKKieran Gillespie, you areaccused of the murder of ThomasJames Ward. How do you plead?

We go to Coleen. She cant take her eyes off...

Margaret Ward. D.I Hastings is sitting next to her.

Meanwhile...

KIERAN GILLESPIENot guilty.

CLERKColin McCabe, you are accused of

the murder of Thomas James Ward.How do you plead?



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COLIN MCCABENot guilty.

CLERKAnthony Wallace, you are accusedof the murder of Thomas JamesWard. How do you plead?

TONY WALLACENot guilty.

CLERKJohn Joseph OShea, you areaccused of the murder of ThomasJames Ward. How do you plead?

JOHNJO OSHEA Not guilty.

JUDGEIll hear submissions. Wellbreak and Ill respond afterlunch. Wholl go first? MisterBarnes-Williams?

Barnes-Williams (Johnjos barrister) gets to his feet.

BARNES-WILLIAMSI represent John Joseph OSheaand I make four main points,

your honour. First, four young men stand accused of murder.Only one of them wielded theknife and yet the prosecution

will make no attempt to identifythat man. It need not do sobecause of Joint Enterprise.Joint Enterprise, or CommonPurpose, a law introduced in theeighteenth century to stop thearistocracy duelling, is nowbeing used increasingly againstyoung people from councilestates. And too often it hasresulted in cases such as this:a young man, asked for a lift,gives that lift and faces lifein prison for it.

Johnjos reaction.



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His parents reactions.

Margaret and Tommy Wards reactions...

D.I. Hastingss reaction...

BARNES-WILLIAMS (CONTD)Second, I submit that for ajoint enterprise murder case toproceed, all involved in theenterprise must face trial. Inthis case, your honour, oneperson does not: the pizza

manager Hugo Davies. It could beargued that his role in theaffair was vital: he alerted ayoung man to the fact thatanother young man, a sworn

enemy, would shortly be in theshop. Why then should HugoDavies escape trial whileothers, less guilty, face it?His absence from the dock meansthat only one man can be heldresponsible for this crime and,again, it has to be he who

wielded the knife.

Johnjos reaction. His parents. Rising optimism...

BARNES-WILLIAMS (CONTD)Third, there WAS NO jointenterprise to murder the victim,no planning, no conspiracy. At

worst, Anthony Wallace went intothe pizza parlour to confrontAlbie Flanagan. During thatconfrontation, Thomas Ward, aninnocent bystander, was stabbed.Nobody entered that shop intenton harming Thomas Ward. His

murder was a moment of madness.With no forethought. No plan.So, again, your honour, only he

who was responsible for that moment of madness, he who wielded the knife, should face

trial. The innocent should gofree.

Johnjo. His parents. Ever rising optimism...

BARNES-WILLIAMS (CONTD)Fourth, with specific referenceto my client John Joseph OShea.

He will say he simply drove theother three for a pizza andthere is no evidence to disprovethat.


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Furthermore, he didnt go intothe shop with them so he wasnteven on the scene when the crime

was committed. I submit, yourhonour, that it would bedangerous to proceed against himon such a flimsy basis. Jointenterprise might allow it, yourhonour; natural justice shouldnot.

JUDGEThank you. Next? Mister Cotting?

The next barrister, Mister Cotting, starts speaking but were on Johnjo and his parents, really buoyed by the

barristers words.

Johnjos parents give him the thumbs up and whatnot.They think hes coming home with them.

But Coleens smile fades when she realises that, fromacross the courtroom, Margaret Ward is staring at her...

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INT. CAFE - DAY 6 131485 85

Coleen, Peter, Patrick and Karen each carrying a tray of

food, sit down at a table. They prepare to eat...But, to her horror, Coleen discovers...

Margaret Ward at the adjacent table with her teenageddaughter Julie.

COLEEN O'SHEA Im sorry...

Tremendous embarrassment...

COLEEN O'SHEA (CONTD)Would you like us to sit somewhereelse?

MARGARET WARDYes.

Johnjos family picking up their food, placing it back onthe trays...

COLEEN O'SHEA Our son is innocent, Mrs Ward...

MARGARET WARDPlease go.


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COLEEN O'SHEA Were going. I just want you toknow hes telling the truth, hesinnocent.

Johnjos family leave. They sit at another table. ButColeens head is spinning.

And suddenly Karen is staring at something. Coleen turns.Its Margaret Ward.

MARGARET WARDInnocent?

COLEEN O'SHEA Yes.

MARGARET WARD

Then why didnt he go to thepolice immediately?

COLEEN O'SHEA Because his head was...

She indicates: cabbaged.

MARGARET WARDHis head? What about mine?

And Coleen has no answer to that. And Margaret Ward is

walking back to her table...We hear the judge over this...

JUDGE (V.O.)And on that basis alone thecase...

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INT. COURT - DAY 6 143586 86

JUDGE...against Colin McCabe should beheard. Finally John Joseph OShea.

Johnjos parents: tremendous tension.

JUDGE (CONTD)Your first point, Mister Barnes-Williams, seems to be this: you donot like joint enterprise. You arenot alone. However there is littleI can do about that. This is not

parliament. We cant amend, createor abolish any law. The law ofjoint enterprise exists;


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the crown has decided to prosecuteaccording to that law so it is myduty to hear it. Your secondsubmission carries more weight.Yes, if there are five peopleinvolved in a joint enterprise,all five should stand trial. Thatis not happening here. Only fourof the five face charges and thefifth is a witness for theprosecution. Rest assured, I willask the jury to keep that in mind

when weighing his evidence. I knowthat is not perfect but it isbetter than nothing. Justice forfour is surely better than justicefor none.

Johnjo and his parents - their optimism fading...

JUDGE (CONTD)You say there was never anyconspiracy or plan to attackThomas Ward. Thats correct. Butthere was a plan to attack a young

man named Albert Flanagan and inthe course of that attack ThomasWard died. Whether he was theintended target or an innocentbystander is immaterial; it is

still joint enterprise murder.Johnjo and his parents... But they still have high hopesfor their final (and strongest) argument...

JUDGE (CONTD)Finally you describe the caseagainst your client as flimsy inthat he didnt enter the shop butsat waiting in the car. But thisdoesnt necessarily weaken thecase against him; it couldstrengthen it. The prosecutioncould argue that John JosephOShea was the getaway driver. Andthe getaway driver does notparticipate in the crime; he sitsin the car with the enginerunning. On balance I think itright for the jury to considerthat possibility.

Johnjo and parents - crushed...


JUDGE (CONTD)


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JUDGE (CONTD)Im confident that the caseagainst all four defendants shouldproceed.

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INT. A ROOM - DAY 6 154087 87

Around a table are the four frightened accused and theirlegal teams. Its heated.

TONY WALLACEYouve got to plead guilty,Kieran. Thats the...

KIERAN GILLESPIE

No way.

TONY WALLACE...least you can do: take theblame. Youre the one who droppedus in this shit.

KIERAN GILLESPIENo way.

TONY WALLACEYou think you can get away with

it?KIERAN GILLESPIE

Yeah.

TONY WALLACEYouve got no chance of gettingaway with it, you prick. Hes

(meaning Johnjo)...told them everything. Hugostold them everything. When we takethe stand were gonna tell themeverything. Youve got...

KIERAN GILLESPIEYoure gonna grass?

TONY WALLACE...no chance... Of course weregonna grass. You stabbed someone,you knob. Youre gonna have to sayit was you. Just you. Right? Weknew nothing about it. We knewnothing about the knife. Right?

KIERAN GILLESPIEIll get life.



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TONY WALLACE(almost losing it)

Youll get life anyway cause youcant get away with it.

KIERAN GILLESPIEWell see.

TONY WALLACENo, Kieran. You take us down withyou and your life wont be worthliving inside. Ill get to you.And if I cant get to you someoneelse will. Youll be doing lifeand cacking it every day.

Kieran is weakening.

TONY WALLACE (CONTD)Theyll have to put you with thenonces. Youll be doing life withall the nonces unless you tell thetruth and take the blame, mate.

He is really weakening...

COLIN MCCABETell the truth, Kieran. Youll bea hero, then, wont you? TheresKieran Gillespie who pleaded

guilty to murder so his matescould go free. Hes sound, him,la.

He is really, really weakening...

KIERAN GILLESPIEI told my Ma I didnt do it.

That goes down like a lead balloon.

KIERAN GILLESPIE (CONTD)Okay.

Relief all round.

KIERAN GILLESPIE (CONTD)Who do I tell? The judge?

BARNES-WILLIAMSProsecution.

(punching a numberinto a mobile)

Ill do it. I know him.

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INT. CORRIDOR - DAY 6 162588 88

The prosecuting barrister Leon King striding along thecorridor. He goes through a door.

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INT. A ROOM - DAY 6 162689 89

Leon King enters.

LEON KINGNo can do, Im afraid.

BARNES-WILLIAMSNo?

LEON KINGThe judge will say, MisterGillespies getting life anyway.Hes got nothing to lose so ofcourse hes going try to get his

mates off by taking all theblame.

BARNES-WILLIAMSWhat will you accept?

LEON KING

Mister Gillespie pleads guilty to murder, the other three to GBH orconspiracy to commit GBH.

That deflates Barnes-Williams.

TONY WALLACEWhatll that get us?

BARNES-WILLIAMSTen years.

Shock all round. Dismay...

LEON KINGNowhere near ten. The tariffstarts there but the judge willknock time off for a guilty plea,time off for no previous. At

worst, at the very worst, sixyears.

TONY WALLACEWeve done nothing! Ive donenothing. Hes

(Colin McCabe)...done nothing and hes(Johnjo)

...done even less!



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LEON KINGIm sorry but you take whats onoffer or you all stand trial forjoint enterprise murder.

JOHNJO OSHEA Could I stand trial on my own?

LEON KINGAfraid not.

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INT. PRISON - PRIVATE VISITING ROOM - DAY 6 193090 90

Johnjo and his parents.

COLEEN O'SHEA Take six years or risk life?

JOHNJO OSHEA Yeah.

Mums reaction. An impossible decision. She looks at Dad.

COLEEN O'SHEA Well?

PETER O'SHEA

What?COLEEN O'SHEA

What does he do?


COLEEN O'SHEA What do you THINK he should do?


COLEEN O'SHEA Youre not getting away with it.

PETER O'SHEA What?

COLEEN O'SHEA You know what. Youve never made adecision in your entire life but,Im sorry...

PETER O'SHEA Youve never let me.



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COLEEN O'SHEA ...cause youre gonna have to

make one now. What do you think heshould do?

PETER O'SHEA Ive told you: I dont know.

COLEEN O'SHEA You do but you wont say. You wantus to choose. We choose wrong, hegets life, you blame us. We takethe six years, you blame us forthat as well. Well, no, youre noton. You tell us what you think heshould do.

PETER O'SHEA

(eventually)Take the six years.

COLEEN O'SHEA Take the six years?

PETER O'SHEA (to Johnjo)

Could you do six years?

COLEEN O'SHEA He couldnt do a week in Butlins.

JOHNJO OSHEA I could do six years.

COLEEN O'SHEA Its not just the six years, isit? Youll be saying you played apart in that boys death.

That really gets to Johnjo.

JOHNJO OSHEA I didnt.

COLEEN O'SHEA I know.

A buzzer goes. Visiting is coming to an end. Johnjoarrives at a massive decision...

JOHNJO OSHEA Im pleading guilty to nothing,Mum. They can do what they want.

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SHELAGHOkay, Ill rephrase that. Youthink the jury will acquit him.Yeah?

COLEEN O'SHEA Yeah.

SHELAGHHe stayed in the car, wasnt evenat the scene of the crime,therefore cant possibly beguilty. Right?

COLEEN O'SHEA Right.

SHELAGH

Wrong. Theres people less guiltythan Johnjo doing life. You know what this laws about, this joint

enterprise law? Its not aboutinnocent or guilty, its aboutgetting working class scum off thestreets. Thats how they see ourkids: scum, scallies. Your son, myson...

COLEEN O'SHEA Im shutting this door.

SHELAGHGillespie and McCabe, theyll allget life...

COLEEN O'SHEA Im shutting this door...

SHELAGH(preventing it)

Youre not. Youre gonna hear meout. Put it into your laptop.Joint Enterprise. See what youget. Loads and...

Coleen trying even harder to close the door.

COLEEN O'SHEA Get your hands off my door...

SHELAGH...loads of innocent kids, twiceas innocent as...

COLEEN O'SHEA

Get your hands off my door!



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SHELAGH...Johnjo and theyre all doinglife.

Coleen manages to close the door.

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Coleen goes back into the kitchen/dining room. The othersare all staring down at their food.

She goes to the oven, opens the oven door, sees her food,cant face it, closes the door again.

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Coleen alone at the lap top. She keys in jointenterprise, starts to read...

Over this we fade in the roar of a prison van anddesperate young men shouting, screaming...

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INT. MOVING PRISON VAN - DAY 8 080595 95

On Johnjo OShea. All around him, the cacophony of theprison van - each prisoner locked up in his own steelcubicle...

A mentally ill young man shouts at the top of his voice.

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A drug addict (turkeying, claustrophobic) is having apanic attack, screaming for help, begging to be released.

SIMULTANEOUS TO -

COLIN MCCABE(bellowing)

All I did was watch my matesback. Thats all I did. And itsbad enough getting six years forthat, Johnjo, so Im fucked if Imgonna get life. Im as innocent asyou, you prick. Are you listening?Johnjo, are you fucking listening?

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TONY WALLACE(also bellowing)

Youll be well looked after,Johnjo. I promise you, mate,youll be well boxed off. Okayyoull have to do a year on yourown cause youll be in youngoffenders. Cant be with uscause of your age. But afterthat, Johnjo youll be with us,

mate, and itll be sound. Ipromise you, mate, youll be wellsorted...

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KIERAN GILLESPIE(also bellowing)

Every fucking prison I go in Imgonna tell them about you, yougrass, you shithead, you dirty,stinking shitty arsed grass. Eyesin the back of your head, thats

what youre gonna need, you grass.And your family. They wont lastfive minutes in that shithole,lad. Theyll be well burnt out...

We cut to the prison van tearing along a road. Now we goback inside it...

COLIN MCCABEIf you want to take a chance, youtake that fucking chance but dont

make me take it as well, youprick. Right? Dont even thinkabout it. You plead guilty to GBH.Right? Guilty to GBH...

SIMULTANEOUS TO -

TONY WALLACESo take the six, Johnjo. Right?Take the GBH. I know you can hear

me. I know you can hear me, mate,so answer me. Tell me youll takethe GBH. Johnjo! Johnjo! Tell meyoull take the fucking GBH!

SIMULTANEOUS TO -

KIERAN GILLESPIEThats what we do to a grasssfamily. We torch the bastards.Theyre gonna burn, you grass.

Your Ma, your Da, your mong of abrother, that slag of a sister,theyre all gonna burn, yougobshite...



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BARNES-WILLIAMSYes. But he gave it away fornothing.

PETER O'SHEA He was honest, thats what you

mean. A big mistake, being honest.

BARNES-WILLIAMSYes.

Coleen, meanwhile, has arrived at a conclusion...

COLEEN O'SHEA Its nothing to do with Johnjo,this. You dont want to lose. Youdont want to be seen to lose.

BARNES-WILLIAMSMrs OShea, I care only forJohnjo. If we fight and lose, hegets life. If we plead guilty, the

worst scenario is five years andfour months. Not six years, fiveyears and four months. The bestscenario is: he comes home withyou today.

Johnjos parents reaction...

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INT. COURT - DAY 8 111598 98

CLERKKieran Gillespie, you are charged

with the murder of Thomas Ward.How do you plead?

Margaret Ward and her family watching...

Johnjos family...

Johnjos Aunty Shelagh...

D.I. Hastings...

KIERAN GILLESPIEGuilty.

Hugo Davies has entered the courtroom. The four accusedlook at him as he takes his seat.

CLERK

Anthony Wallace, you are charged with conspiracy to commit grievousbodily harm. How do you plead?



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TONY WALLACEGuilty.

CLERKColin McCabe, you are charged withconspiracy to commit grievousbodily harm. How do you plead?

COLIN MCCABEGuilty.

CLERKJohn Joseph OShea, you arecharged with conspiracy to commitgrievous bodily harm. How do youplead?

JOHNJO OSHEA

Guilty

Johnjos familys reaction... Coleen looks across thecourt, sees Margaret Ward. Coleen shakes her head toindicate that her son is innocent...

But Margaret Ward simply looks away...

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INT. COURT - DAY 8 152099 99

We fade in the sentencing...

JUDGEKieran Gillespie, I take twentyfive years as a starting point. Iadd two for the planned nature ofthe attack, two for the fact thatit was a group attack and twoyears for the vulnerability of thevictim. I deduct three years forthe absence of an intention tokill, two years for your plea ofguilty and two years for the lackof parental guidance. KieranGillespie, you are to be detainedat her Majestys pleasure for a

minimum term of twenty fouryears...

Margaret Wards reaction. Her daughter Julies. Herhusband Tommys.

JUDGE (CONTD)Colin McCabe and Anthony Wallace,

in each of your cases I start atten years.


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I will deduct one year for yourprevious good characters and allowthe full one third discount foryour guilty pleas. Colin McCabeand Anthony Wallace, you will eachgo to prison for six years...

Shelaghs reaction...

JUDGE (CONTD)John Joseph OShea, you wereseventeen at the time of theoffence and I therefore start ateight years. I will deduct a fullone third for your guilty plea andI sentence you, under the Power ofthe Criminal Court Act, to fiveyears and four months detention.

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