A minor drug case in the County Court puts the murder charge against Mal Hennessey in jeopardy when an inexperienced barrister paints a picture of the late Steve Hennessey as a "Mr. Big" of the drug trade. Roz Breen is charged with smuggling drugs into prison. She could get a community-based order if she pleads guilty, but instead she decides to fight the charge, trying to trade out of trouble on the Hennessey name. On the witness stand, Roz testifies that she was forced to take the drugs into prison out of fear of Steve Hennessey, who was sharing a cell with her brother at the time. Vic Manoulis and Peter Faithful know that any attempt to discredit Steve Hennessey would leave the way open for Mal to blame his dead brother for the ten-year-old murder of Pat Clancy. Meanwhile, the internal investigation into the shooting of Steve Hennessey continues with the police still under a cloud.