Wed, Jan 27, 2010
The team attend at the apparent suicide of student Jason Renfrew at the local university. The Dean tells Leo Jason complained to her about racist bullying and he is found to have swallowed a chip containing photos of the alleged bullies, as well as having a handgun in his locker. Soon afterwards a gunman goes on the rampage, killing several people including the policeman investigating Jason's death. Nikki and Harry are trapped in a classroom with some students, one of whom, the mortally wounded Matt Frisk, was one of Jason's tormentors. Commander Somerville leads the police team who release them though it is Harry who finds the severely injured gunman. However, he fails to spot the bomb planted on campus.
Thu, Jan 28, 2010
Harry suspects that Scott Weston, the injured gunman, was shot by another person and it becomes obvious that two guns were used in the massacre. Scott's mother tells Dean Mears that Scott and Jason were good friends, Scott looking out for the more fragile Jason. Meanwhile Nikki is held prisoner in the deserted mortuary by unbalanced Neil Corrigan, who appears to have planned the massacre with Jason - who chickened out and killed himself - and then framed Scott. Ultimately video evidence reveals what actually happened, as well as locating the bomb.
Mon, Jan 12, 2015
Whilst fibres under the nails of the latest victim provide a link the the St Jude's homeless hostel Lana is interviewed as a formality and states that Owen Hanmore was outside the tube station at the time of the first death and must thus be innocent. Clarissa, however, finds evidence of Lana's prints on the victim's phone and Lana and Hanmore are both increasingly under suspicion as they locate Lana's child and attempt to kidnap him. The child will provide a link to the murders whilst Nikki helps Luke to come to terms with his own past.
Mon, Jan 5, 2015
Three people, the Lakhanis, an Indian couple, and an employee are shot dead by a long range sniper on a garage forecourt - a seemingly motiveless crime. Ten miles away another victim, profoundly deaf Hannah Smithson, is also shot, though her boyfriend's brother Chris, targeted with her, survives but is unable to help with any information. Inspector Jane De Freitas, on the rebound from an affair with colleague Robert Drake, calls in the pathology team but with the sniper at large and shooting indiscriminately Thomas is concerned for ex-wife Julia and their daughter Rosie, now living with former drug user Conrad Devenish. After a fifth victim, Martin Cross,a charity worker at a school is shot the killer rings Jane to tell her that he is unstoppable.
Tue, Jan 6, 2015
Whilst the sniper claims another body, a French lorry driver, there are fears that he may next target a school and Thomas rushes to ensure his daughter's safety. Drake calls a public meeting to pass on police progress, whereat Martin Cross's brother Ian praises him. Nikki however believes that Cross may have been the only intended victim with the others slaughtered to give the impression of a serial killer. Jack learns that Cross regularly assaulted his wife and teen-age son Craig, who hated his father, and Craig has bullets in his bedroom. Nikki and Jane now feel that Craig was working in tandem with the murderer but when the sniper strikes again Craig is standing next to the victim. They start to wonder if Martin Cross was the only person the sniper wanted out of the way and how many were working with the killer.
Thu, Jan 24, 2013
Jack discovers that Kate,under pressure from her corrupt father,has tampered with evidence to incriminate Roly Henderson and demands she accept Nikki's opinion that Alan Lane killed all three victims. They visit Anne Percival,the retired officer who sent lane down even though Imogen's body was never found - in the event because,thanks to Anne,she was given a new identity as Janice Masters. Nikki finds out that Lane has killed nine women who all has histories of domestic turbulence so that their husbands were blamed. After Anne has fatally tried searching Lane's house the team must stop him before he can get to Janice.