JACKIE LAVERTY ...REMEMBER HER?

In last week’s episode, Steve Arnott called up a picture of murder victim Jackie laverty, and pointed out that the manner of her killing was very similar to the crimes currently under investigation. laverty, a corrupt property developer and the mistress of high-flying DCI Tony Gates (played by lennie James in the first series) met a gruesome end when balaclava-wearing thugs burst into her home and slit her throat with a knife.

The body of laverty, played by Gina McKee, above, was then dismembered and stored in a fridge, along with the knife used to kill her.

Gangland boss Tommy Hunter made sure Gates’s fingerprints were on the weapon and then set about blackmailing him.