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THE BILL
Lost Soul: Episode 011
Thursday 27 August 2009, 21.00 to 22.00, ITV1Repeated on ITV1 on Friday 28 August at 22:35 and ITV3 on Monday 31 August at 23:00

As dawn breaks over London, a desperate emergency call is made to the police, informing them that someone has been badly hurt at a newsagent. Sergeant Stone (Sam Callis) and P.C. Ben Gayle (Micah Balfour) are the first to arrive at the scene and make a grisly discovery: the newsagent owner, Mr O’Halloran has been beaten to death.

At the station, D.C.’s Jacob Banks (Patrick Robinson) and Jo Masters (Sally Rogers) work together and Banksy is shocked to learn that the anonymous call was made from Joseph Sissoulu’s (Mo Sesay) mobile. (Banksy worked as the Sissoulu’s Family Liaison Officer in episodes 007 and 008, when their son Danny was beaten to death by Craig Middleton).

Banksy and Jo visit the grieving family and Joseph wearily tells the officers that he bought the phone for Danny’s friend, Mo Campbell (Lanre Malaolu). He hasn’t seen Mo since Danny’s murder and knows he blames himself for his friend’s death.

Banksy and Jo eventually find Mo with arrogant teenager Devon Marshall (Anthony Welsh) and Kadisha Wilson (Ejiro Okorodudu).

Mo confirms that it was him who made the call to the police, but swears he was just walking past the shop when he heard someone cry out for help. Banksy is convinced he knows more, but can he get through to an angry, grieving Mo...?

As the case continues, Banksy is devastated to learn that fingerprints found in the shop belong to Mo and he is now the main murder suspect. Determined to discover what happened inside the shop, the officer’s question Devon and Kadisha again, this time separating them.

Devon tells Banksy that Mr O’Halloran was a racist who got what was coming to him, while Kadisha, sporting a black eye, grabs Jo and tells her she’s got Mo and Devon all wrong.

Desperate to find Mo, Banksy asks for Joseph’s help. Joseph is reluctant at first, but eventually agrees to calling Mo and meeting him with the pretence that he will be coming alone.

As Mo approaches Joseph, he visibly relaxes, but as soon as he spots Banksy and the uniformed officers, he instantly becomes angry and tries to fight them off, leaving the D.C. and Joseph feeling guilty.

At the station, Banksy interviews Mo, suggesting that someone else was in the shop with him. However, Mo clams up before eventually admitting to killing Mr O’Halloran, alone. Banksy, concerned by this revelation, is convinced that Mo is covering for someone else...

THE BILL is a talkbackTHAMES production and a direct commission by ITV. This episode was written by Patrick Homes, directed by Nigel Douglas and produced by Ciara McIlvenny.