It is one month after Hall and Leech got arrested for drug trafficking and theft. Hall and Leech are waiting for their trial to begin, he is sitting in a private room in the courts, with his lawyer.
PRIVATE ROOM IN THE COURTS. HALL AND LEECH SIT A TABLE WITH THEIR FEMALE LAWYER.
LAWYER: Some tears wouldn't go amiss in there, or any act of remorse. Of course, that wasn't be enough to get the jury on your side, but, it will make you look good in the papers tomorrow.
HALL: What, you mean after we've been sentenced?
LAWYER: Yes.
LEECH STARTS TO CRY.
HALL: Janice! What kind of attitude is that? I paid you to fight for me, not to ultimately give in. I paid you to get the word "innocent" on the jury's verdict card.
LAWYER: Oh, Mr Hall! Things are not that easy! I could be the best lawyer in the world, and fighting my hardest out there in the courtroom this afternoon, but nothing is going to change the fact that you two have been selling drugs.
LEECH: We haven't!
LAWYER: Please, who do you take me for? The evidence tells all. It is inevitable you will two get no less than 30 years in prison. What I am really fighting for, is a lesser sentence for the theft. They can add on anywhere between five to ten years to the life sentence for the theft of five million pounds.
HALL: 35 years!
LAWYER: And that's only if we can convince the jury that you two are "genuinely" sorry for the theft. We'll have none of this "I didn't do it" stupidity. If you co-operate, you could, and I say could, be free by 2035.
LEECH: 2035....
ANNOUNCER: Court Case 216. Abigail Mary Leech, and John Jacob Hall. Please adjourn to Courtroom 4.
LAWYER: That's us, don't be nervous now.
THEY STAND UP AND WALK TOWARDS THE COURTS.
THE TRIAL. HALL AND LEECH STAND CAGED BEHIND A GRILLE, WHILE THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COURT LOOK ON.
LAWYER: Now, tell me, Judge Smith, do you think that a 58 year old couple cannot learn to regret their actions? It is quite obvious what the jury will say, with evidence like this: Guilty on both charges. You know as well as I do that that's a range between 35-40 years. The drop from 40 years to 35 years may not seem much to you, but to them, every second taken from their sentence is heavenly. Please do not let them suffer, when they are genuinely sorry.
JUDGE: Have the jury reached a verdict? Although with evidence like this, a jury seems unnecessary!
MAUD STANDS UP, SHE IS THE HEAD OF THE JURY.
MAUD: YES! We have come to a decision. This may seem unusual. But for reasons that I won't say (winks at Leech), this couple have been found innocent on both charges!
JUDGE: Oh, well that is a surprise! Case dismissed, you're free to go.
HALL AND LEECH ARE STUNNED AND SURPRISED.
LATER ON, MAUD, HALL, LEECH AND CAROLINE ARE AT HALL'S FLAT.
CAROLINE: Dad, I am so, so sorry I missed the trial. I would have hated myself if you had been sent down and I had missed it. A broken down school bus caused me to miss mum when she left my life. I didn't want the same thing to happen with you.
HALL: Awww. That's alright, sweetheart. How are things with Walter?
CAROLINE: Everything's been fine since we got back together. It took a bit of apologizing from both of us, believe me! Well, we're back together for good now, because, well it'll become noticeable in the next few months anyway. I'm pregnant!
THERE ARE CRIES OF "OOOOOH!" "WELL DONE!" AND "CONGRATULATIONS!"
LEECH: I'll have to get my knitting needle out immediately!
CAROLINE: WHAT?
LEECH: To knit the little thing booties and socks and such!
CAROLINE: Oh, I thought you meant... never mind. Anyway I'll have to be going now, Walter said he'd paint my walls, I'm sorry I can't think of a better euphemism. Byeeee!
HALL: Bye dear!
CAROLINE LEAVES.
LEECH: It was lucky that you were on the jury, Maud. I can't imagine what might have happened otherwise!
MAUD: Well, life's all about luck, and fate, isn't it? It was certainly fate that brought you two together, I've never seen such a diabolical pairing in my life!
HALL: Do you really think so?
MAUD: Yes, the commotion you two have caused! I'd hate to think what would happen if you actually liked each other!
HALL AND LEECH SMILE TO EACH OTHER.
MAUD: Well, I'll must dash. Gail, I'm sorry your leg never got fixed. Maybe, in the near future, there will be another ten, episodical events in which things will turn out for the best.
LEECH: Bye Maud.
MAUD: Bye.
MAUD LEAVES.
LEECH: Well, did you hear that? "Diabolical pairing"
HALL: She couldn't be more accurate. Look, Gail. I think it was best we never saw each other again. I have dragged you through all this mess and you don't deserve it. You don't deserve me. I think you should just go now.
LEECH: Oh, John....
HALL: I think it's for the best. Just go, please....
LEECH STARTS TO CRY.
LEECH: I'll never forget you, John. Never.
LEECH WALKS OUT OF THE FRONT DOOR, CRYING.
HALL SHUTS THE DOOR.
HALL: At last! I'm rid of the bitch!
End of Episode 10. End of Series 1!
