Law and Order
"Crush"
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[]

Recurring cast[]

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[]

Previous episode:
"Safe"
"Crush (UK)"
Law & Order: UK
Season 5
Next episode:
"Tick Tock"
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