Carl Banks

**Carl Banks** was a criminal operative with links to the Organised Crime Group.

## Background

### Personal

His date of birth and age are unknown to Central Police. As of Series 6, his registered address was: Creechurch Street, Moss Heath, QJ SMD. It is later revealed, he is the brother of Lee Banks.

### Criminal Record

According to the PNC, Banks has several past convictions and charges, including:

* Possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life
* Possession of firearm without a certificate
* Carrying a loaded firearm in public
* Violent disorder

## Series 6

### Episode 1

Despite Terry Boyle being found in Flat 4F of Beechwood House and arrested in connection with the murder of Gail Vella, further investigations by the Forensic Unit cast doubt on his involvement. Banks fingerprints are also found throughout Flat 4F and identified by the PNC due to his prior arrests. Given that he is of similar stature and appearance to Boyle, DCI Joanne Davidson comes to the conclusion that Boyle could have been mistaken for him by a police surveillance team and fellow residents.

As the Murder Investigation Team convoy headed to Beechwood House in Moss Heath was delayed due to a separate incident at Hickey's Bookmakers, it is theorised that this gave Banks enough time to flee and implicate Boyle in his place. DS Steve Arnott and Superintendent Ted Hastings of AC-12 also note that unlike Boyle, Banks is a violent criminal with a history of firearms related offenses, and is more likely to have had the required skill set to murder Gail Vella.

### Episode 2

Banks dead body is found on an abandoned industrial site by members of Operation Lighthouse. His throat has been slit and there are several ligature and beating marks on his arms and head. DS Chris Lomax notes that the Forensic Unit have stated his body has been there a few days and has already started to decompose. A discarded knife is found on the same site by PC Ryan Pilkington, who informs DCI Joanne Davidson and DI Kate Fleming.

Forensic analysis of the knife uncovers fingerprints matching Alastair Oldroyd, the prostitute and CHIS who was told by Banks that he was involved in the murder of Gail Vella. Davidson and her team begin to hypothesise that Oldroyd murdered Banks and then committed suicide, as the rate of body decomposition matches this theory.

However, in an Anti Corruption Unit 12 interview Superintendent Ted Hastings expresses doubt at this theory, noting that Oldroyd was much younger and weaker than Banks and would have struggled to beat and murder him. He also had no previous convictions relating to violence. It is put forward the more likely theory was that Banks was killed by the Organised Crime Group for his silence after they discovered he was bragging about his involvement in Vella's murder.

### Episode 7

Officers discover a metal strong box after drilling through the concrete floor of the Organised Crime Group's workshop at White Rock Industrial Park. Inside is found various pieces of evidence kept by the group as leverage against its members and individuals which it controls. A modified Beretta pistol matching the type used to kill Vella, as well as a bomber jacket and gloves containing the DNA of **Carl Banks** and Vella's blood are among the items, definitively confirming he was the one who murdered her.

## Gallery

An image of Banks taken after his body is discovered.Official post mortem autopsy images.