007: 'Live By The Sword'

Note the new transmission time of 9pm

Part 1 of 2

Sergeant Stone and P.C. Ben Gayle are out on patrol when they discover teenager Danny Sissoulu has been beaten unconscious, while his distraught younger brother, Kip and friend Mo Campbell are covered in blood.

CID are called to the scene and as they begin to question potential witnesses, Stone confronts a suspicious looking teenager, Ollie Readshaw, who runs as soon as he see’s Stone, who chases after him while the rest of his team follow.

On a busy roadside, Stone attempts to reason with Ollie, but just as Ben catches up with his Sergeant, he sees the teenager turn away from Stone and run into the road, only to be hit and killed by a lorry. Did Stone chase him to his death?

D.I. Neil Manson is tasked with questioning Ollie’s mother, Debbie, about his whereabouts the night Danny was attacked. The grieving mother insists that Ollie was with her all night, but Neil is convinced she’s hiding something.

Debbie, although consumed with grief and anger seems to make a connection with the D.C. so when Neil is forced to return to her house later with a team to search her flat for evidence, she angrily attacks him. Can Neil console a mother and lay her son’s memory to rest, or will Debbie have to live with the fact that her son died after brutally attacking another teenager..?

Elsewhere, D.C. Jacob Banks is assigned the role of Family Liaison Officer for the Sissoulu family, keeping them informed as any new evidence comes to light. The D.C. is reluctant when Neil and D.C. Grace Dasari turn up at the house and tell him they need to interview younger brother Kip, but escorts the Sissoulu’s to the station.

In the soft interview room, a distraught Kip is gently questioned. He eventually breaks down and reveals that he, Danny and Mo were confronted by a man with a baby in the park where Danny was attacked.

The man is quickly identified as Craig Middleton, a witness who was previously questioned. When they arrest him, he is horribly drunk and mumbling that it was self defence…

Note that for one week only, the next episode of The Bill will transmit the following day on Friday, July 24 at 9pm. Next week, The Bill will revert to its one-a-week pattern.