The Bill: Crash Test

PCs Sally Armstrong (Ali Bastian) and Tony Stamp (Graham Cole) attend a road traffic crash to find Cliff Taylor (Stephen Marcus) and Dennis Jackson (Malcolm Scates) arguing over whose fault the accident is. Cliff's Ukrainian girlfriend Rita (Vera Filatova) is injured and taken to hospital while Dennis is arrested when he refuses to give a breath test. A Magley Motors repair truck arrives withan undercover DC Terry Perkins (Bruce Byron) on board. Working alongside Si Magley (Ben Turner) he is investigating claims that Si's mother Helen (Mia Soteriou) is a violent loan shark who orders acid attacks on the families of those who can't afford her rates. Later, when DI Neil Manson (Andrew Lancel) discovers Dennis is in serious debt and bought a car from Helen, he pays him a visit at home. Dennis remains tight lipped until they are disturbed by the screams of Dennis' young daughter who has had acid thrown in her face when opening the frontdoor to an unknown suspect. This forces Dennis to reveal that he bought a car from Helen and when he fell behind on the extortionate repayments, she forced himto cause the mornings accident for an insurance scam she has arranged. Trustedby Si, Terry is let into the scam and obtains the name of the vicious thug used by Helen - Steve. Armed with the evidence, Helen and Si are arrested and taken in for questioning where Si co-operates with Neil by calling Steve and arranging a meeting. When Neil and the other officers turn up to meet Steve, he is furious and grabbing a terrified PC Beth Green (Louisa Lytton), threatens to spray acid in her face... Elsewhere, Tony and Sally are sent to the hospital to getstatements from Cliff and Rita. Their details are taken, but Rita is unable toprovide any ID. Things look more suspicious when Cliff swears her passport is at home and Rita runs away from them. Sally and Tony tell an anxious Cliff, whois unable to produce a passport, that Rita has 24 hours to show them a validvisa. Later, the officers are called to a disturbance at a Ukranian café wherethey find Cliff arguing with the owner, trying to find out if Rita has been there.Sally quickly spots Rita hiding across the road and when she catches up toapprehend her, discovers her body is full of bruises...