LOD Series 4 Big Fellas and Wee Girls-this way, we need to look further Ifield.

[FeralBeryl]

New and maybe our last thread

No worries I'm on the other thread too, just filling this one up really.

Sapphire yes I'm on the same page as you, just commenting really that although Lakewell doesn't feel witness protection would work and be safe for him, for the Farmers it should be all ok now.

I know what you mean, Enrique. I think that people like Lakewell who are actively involved, and wield a certain amount of clout, are treated differently to 'lower' types like Farmer, whose plight if he had stayed in prison would have just been considered collateral damage (a theme carried on by Jamie and Maneet's involvement too).

At first I was surprised Lakewell didn't go for witness protection Enrique but thinking about it, it would probably be a good idea to do what he's done.

He was convicted of perverting the course of justice but I don't remember whether they specified a sentence.

Chris Huhne was done for the same thing and so was his wife. They appear to be okay now.

I don't remember what they got and obviously they weren't involved in the same sort of crime.

If you were Lakewell, would you be better off running away? I'm not sure the witness protection programme would be that fussed about looking after you that much after you'd served your purpose.

But you'd presumably be of no use to whoever is the puppeteer in Line of Duty and might know too much.

I don't know. Luckily I am a law abiding citizen

Me too limited. Lakewell knows which side his bread's buttered. He may return hmm]

that was supposed to be

I might watch again to check but I don't think Lakewell would get that much - two years? Out in half? If I was him I wouldn't piss off my master.

I hope he's put enough money away but I doubt it.

That's what I like about the show but there are other things that I think are stupid. Criticising it doesn't mean I don't like it or won't watch and enjoy the next series.

Something that I didn't quite get.

The number that Hilton wrote on the napkin-why would/did he give it to Roz?

He gave her the number because he thought she was going to sleep with him, and he didn't want her to use his normal number for the purposes of making arrangements.

limited I'm not sure they said how long Lakewell got only that he pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice and refused to give a statement or enter WP.

If you were Lakewell, would you be better off running away? I'm not sure the witness protection programme would be that fussed about looking after you that much after you'd served your purpose.

I don't think it's WP he was worried about. It was, as you say, the puppeteer(s).

Lakewell will be out for the next series and back with the crim gang, that's why he didn't go into WP - he saw what happened to the last guy!

diddl I took it that he gave it to her because he was looking for a secret shag and it was convenient to give her that number. He seemed stupid enough to do that. I don't suppose he thought it would be a problem.

If I was Lakewell I'd be terrified that I'd outlived my usefulness to whoever is running this thing. He's not going to be able to be a solicitor any more so presumably his police contacts would wither. But maybe he has some other use.

He does seem to liaise with the thugs, so maybe he's good for that, and while he cant be an actual solicitor, he can still give them legal advice.

Maybe it will turn out like that. My schoolfriend's dad was an accountant and his dodgy dealings were so bad he wasn't just struck off, he was jailed.

Thirty years later, completely out of the blue, he was recommended to my husband for tax and investment advice. He's not allowed to practise as an accountant any more, but obviously he's kept his hand in

Yes, I know a solicitor who has a caution for child porn offences, so cannot work as a solicitor any more, but works 'supervised' at a large law firm. Makes you wonder, eh?

that's why he didn't go into WP - he saw what happened to the last guy!

Bit of a theme going thinking back to KRG saying you know what happens to whistle blowers too.

I remember once dealing with a case involving an extremely dodgy solicitor who was in an open prison. He told us he loved it there, he didn't have to share a bedroom and the cooking was better than his wife's, and he had no problem running a legal advice business from his cell - in fact the warders had a jolly joke that he had more post than the governor. He was also pleased not to have to bother with insurance, practising fees etc. It was a long time ago, and I would hope that prisons have tightened up a bit by now.