| "Crush" | ||
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| ← | UK, Episode 5.03 | → |
| Production number: First aired (US): 31 August 2011 First aired (UK): 24 July 2011 First aired (CAN): 31 August 2011 | ||
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| Written By Nicholas Hicks-Beach Directed By Mat King | ||
Summary[]
Prostitute Katka Cizek is stabbed to death in her rented flat with four thousand pounds under her mattress. The porter may have tried to blackmail her but the DNA of history professor Gavin Williams is found in her finger-nails. Furthermore the murder weapon matches a knife missing from his kitchen, the money was drawn from his account and the prosecution allege Katka was about to expose his arrangement to his wife Jane. Chosen to cross-examine Jane at Gavin's trial, Alesha is unhappy with certain aspects of Jane's evidence and draws her own conclusions.
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Bradley Walsh as Detective Sergeant Ronnie Brooks
- Jamie Bamber as Detective Sergeant Matt Devlin
- Harriet Walter as Detective Inspector Natalie Chandler
- Dominic Rowan as Senior Crown Prosecutor Jake Thorne
- Freema Agyeman as Junior Crown Prosecutor Alesha Phillips
- Peter Davison as Crown Prosecution Service Director Henry Sharpe
Recurring cast[]
- Jessica Gunning as Angela
- Adjoa Andoh as Lilly
- Tariq Jordan as Teddy
- Alexander Perkins as S.O.C.O. Pete
- Timothy Davies as Judge Peterson
Guest Cast[]
- Greg Wise as Gavin Williams
- Charlotte Emmerson as Jane Williams
- Penny Downie as Rachel Mathesson
- Dominic Coleman as Michael Hunter
- Maya Lubinsky as Suzana Visnic
- Tom Andrews as Simon Bevan
- Daniel O'Grady as Frank
- Calvin A. Dean as Barry
- Jan Goodman as Stephanie Walsh
- Paul Clayton as Kenny
- Evie Dawnay as Vanessa Marsh
Background information and notes[]
- Adaptation of the Law & Order episode "Humiliation".
| Previous episode: "Safe" |
"Crush (UK)" Law & Order: UK Season 5 |
Next episode: "Tick Tock" |