It primarily follows Bedfordshire Police as they investigate cases in Luton. The first series of seven episodes aired in late Series 10 began broadcasting on 22 March A year-old married grandfather is arrested for having sexually assaulted a boy for years during the s, when the victim was seven.
He denied the crimes whilst being interviewed by the police, but later pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual activity with a child. He was sentenced to six years imprisonment. In a crowded pub in September , a man is knocked out and his skull is fractured when he is hit by another man. The victim is on the floor for 30 minutes before someone phones the police. When they arrive, the many witnesses refuse to tell the police what happened. The attacker initially denies it, but after photographic evidence is presented to him by the police, he admits it was him.
He is charged with GBH, but the charge is reduced to ABH, after it was discovered that the victim had been involved in a fight on the same night and therefore his injuries may not have been inflicted solely by the accused. He is convicted of ABH; he receives a 12 month community order and is ordered to do hours community service. A care worker is accused of stealing a golden bracelet from the elderly woman she is caring for.
The police recovered the bracelet from Cash Converters and returned it to the victim. She was convicted of theft, fined and given 40 hours community service. A man who was on the run hands himself into the police - they charge him with GBH or having hit a man in the street, fracturing his jaw. He was convicted of GBH and sentenced to 12 months imprisonment.
The police receive a phone call to say that an old man has been beaten by other men. They find the victim badly beaten, and he is taken to hospital, where he is found to be suffering a bleed on the brain. He had been chatting online with someone he thought was a year-old girl, but was actually a vigilante paedophile hunter.
