002: 'Conviction: Walk The Line'

Part 4 of 6

Sergeant Smith, pale and shocked, stands over the badly beaten body of Jason Devlin. A stunned Sergeant Stone appears on the scene and immediately races to D.C. Stevie Moss, who has been beaten unconscious by Jason. Calling for an ambulance, Stone grabs Smithy and tells him to get his story straight.

Later, Smithy visits Stevie in hospital where she tells Trainee D.C. Will Fletcher that Smithy saved both hers and Jasons lives, leaving the Sergeant feeling guiltier then ever. Back at the estate, Jason’s car is examined and the officers discover that the black bag Stevie was trying to examine before being attacked by Jason is full of stolen jewellery from Afghan immigrants.

At the station, D.C.I. Jack Meadows asks Smithy if he knows who beat Jason up and after pausing for a second, Smithy says he didn’t see anything. Stone gives him a discreet nod of approval, but Smithy knows that he could now be in serious trouble.

Back at the hospital, Jack visits Jason, who has regained consciousness and claims not to remember anything about his own attack, or that of Stevie’s. However, Jason’s father, Matthew tells the Inspector that he wants whoever attacked his son, behind bars…

Elsewhere, CID discover that Jason was tipped off about the police heading to the estate by Khaled Hasiq, who is in a relationship with Jala’s aunt, Ara Byat.

A search of Khaled’s flat reveals that he is clearly working with the Devlins when a notebook is found, relating to the Devlin’s trafficking operation, along with a list of all the missing jewellery that was found in Jason’s car. Khaled is brought in for questioning but he doesn’t give anything away until Smithy brings Ara into the interview room.

Seeing how hurt and betrayed she is, Khaled breaks down and admits that Matthew is running the trafficking operation, but without hard evidence, Jack knows they have a fight on their hands to prove it. Hoping that Matthew will crack when they arrest Jason on suspicion of receiving the stolen jewellery, Jack is stunned when Jason tells him he wants to make a formal complaint about Smithy, who he claims beat him up and planted the jewellery in his car…