5. Buried

Complete story — includes the ending

When remains of a small boy are uncovered in a wall by a construction crew, the Police are called in. The remains are later identified as Thomas "Tommy" Keegan, who disappeared in 1983 at the age of eight, so his body was found 25 years after he was reported missing. The boy had his skull crushed with a blunt object and his body was bricked into a wall. Brooks and Devlin meet with the retired policeman in charge of the original investigation and he was convinced that he knew the culprit, Edward Connor ( Anthony Higgins ) a neighbour and a suspected paedophile, who was arrested but the police couldn't get - or beat - a confession out of him so he was released for lack of evidence. They also meet Julia Mortimer ( Holly Aird ), a childhood friend of Tommy, who used to play with him when they were younger. She tells the police that she had seen Tommy the day before he died but they notice an anomaly in her statement and ask her to undergo EMDR therapy, also known as regression hypnosis, to see if they can retrieve any additional memories as they believe that is subconsciously suppressing her memories of the events of the time. Julia names her estranged father Vernon ( Keith Barron ) not only as the killer but as a paedophile himself who molested her too. This leads to a history of sexual abuse and abuse of trust and it's left up to Steel to get the man to admit it on the witness stand but the court trial leads to angry exchanges between Julia and her father. However, Steel soon finds that his whole case rests on a very upset and potentially unreliable witness. Original episode and this adaptation inspired by the George Franklin case.