Plot

Creegan (Robson Green) returns to duty against official orders as Anthony Matchin Michael Hodgson, a man he helped convict for killing his wife, is released from prison on appeal, returning to his home town of Ellandon. Shortly afterwards, a woman's corpse is found, her heart cut out neatly and left in a nearby garbage bag. The OSC travels to the area as Creegan is convinced that Matchin is not the murderer, only to receive little help from the local force, unhappy at the OSC's intervention.—don @ minifie-1

Taylor (Nicola Walker) heads to Romania to collect a child whilst remaining undercover, and as the ring is threatened to be blown apart, the suspects make a break for it. As baby trader Reggie Hansen (Aden Gillett) agrees to give evidence in court, Creegan (Robson Green) is left devastated when Annie Jordan (Jill Halfpenny) is shot and murdered in the passenger seat of his car by maniac Mark Hawkins (John Duttine). Creegan then has to choose whether or not to get justice for Annie or do the right thing and bring Hawkins in to custody.