558: 'Witness: Innocent Blood'

Part 1 of 8

Sergeant Smith helps Tito Morientes, who has been slashed with a knife outside girlfriend Alisha Danniels’ house party on the notorious Jasmine Allen estate. Smithy spots Carly Samuels, a young girl he has recently been helping and she gives a description of the suspect to PC Diane Noble. Diane and Smithy later spot the suspect, Eric Benton who gets away but drops a bag containing his fluorescent work vest.

Later, PCs Nate Roberts and Emma Keane find Eric, who has been beaten up by Carly’s boyfriend, Marlon Reed. Eric uses his free running skills to get away but when he is finally questioned, admits he stole Tito’s money but didn’t knife him. Further investigation shows the slash on Tito’s back is identical to a tag that Marlon uses and when questioned by Smithy he smugly says that the police have nothing on him. Later, Smithy visits Carly and Leanne Samuels at home where Carly confides that she’s scared of Marlon and the estate and has decided to make a new life for herself outside London.

PC Beth Green and Nate are forced to rescue young boy Dennis Andrews from a car he has set alight and while in hospital, he confesses that he has been looking after his grandmother by himself and that he sets fire to things as a release. After his shift, Nate visits Dennis at home and is pleased to see that a relative is now helping them out. Afterwards, he bumps into Sally Armstrong and Beth who are on patrol but they are soon disturbed by a screeching car, gunshots and screaming. Diane and Smithy, also on the estate hear the commotion, run to the scene and are stunned to discover that Carly has been shot.