BETTER LATE THAN NEVER PART 1

Better Late Than Never-Episode 161
Smithy volunteers himself to suspected abductor Jules Ellis as a hostage, in exchange for the release of an elderly couple. Gold co-ordinates activities from the ground, but S019's DS is furious when he discovers what Smithy has done. S019 prepare to storm the building but Gold's concerns for Smithy causes her to go over SO19's head to Okaro, but changes her mind when the negotiator loses contact with suspect Ellis. Smithy tries to talk his way out of a tricky situation. PC Page takes to the stand at her trial and decides to tell the truth, in a last-ditch effort to save herself from being found guilty of the murder of Dr. Owen Preston. The search for Taviner's body in the remains of the warehouse continues, but to no avail. Juliet and Cathy arrest a drunk but he pulls a knife on the Becker in the yard.
== Characters: ==
PC Polly Page 
PC Cathy Bradford 
DC Juliet Becker 
PC Gary Best 
PC Honey Harman
Sgt. June Ackland 
Sgt. Sheelagh Murphy 
Sgt Dale Smith 
Insp Gina Gold 
PC Nick Klein
PC Kerry Young
PC Tony Stamp
 PC Jim Carver
Supt Adam Okaro
PC Cameron Tait
PC Gabriel Kent 
SRO Marilyn Chambers 
CAD Officer Dean McVerry 
Jules Ellis 
Claire Burton 
Philip Palmer 
Court Usher 
Judge 
Mark Nevitt-Charles Dale 
Sgt. Pete Brand-James Weaver 
Abbot Boyd-Paul Trussell 
Mrs. Brooks-Maryann Turner 
Sandra Brooks-Eunice Roberts 
PC Des Taviner-Mentioned 
Alan Best 
Max Wyatt 
Dr. Owen Preston