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5. Love and Loss

When DS Brooks and DS Devlin are called to the death of a drug mule, they are surprised to discover she is a middle class white girl, Debbie Powell. She was about to go to university, she worked hard, and she wanted for nothing. So why did she do it? Debbie's death hits home for George Castle, and he pressures James and Alesha to bring all charges possible against the defendant. Not an easy case given that are no witnesses, all the evidence is circumstantial, and James' opponent is the brilliant but eccentric Jason Peters.

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Teenager Debbie Powell collapses and dies upon return from a holiday in Thailand, Brooks and Devlin suspect that foul play has occurred when a ruptured condom, containing heroin, is found in her system. It is revealed she had more than seventy condoms in her stomach, worth a street value of £250,000. The trail of suspects soon leads to Gerry Craig ( Doug Allen ), a known drug-dealer who had regular contact with Debbie. He, however, leads Brooks and Devlin to believe that Debbie had a secret boyfriend – and that he was the one who had a contact in Thailand, and had arranged for Debbie to smuggle the drugs into the country. When her secret boyfriend is discovered to be family friend Jack Gilmore ( Shaun Dooley ), Brooks and Devlin discover Debbie was one in a long line of mules whom Gilmore had sent on holiday to smuggle drugs for him. When the case comes to court, Steel faces a tough decision over securing a prosecution, after star witness Craig decides to change his story in the witness box.

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