The Bill - The net closes in on the child abductor

10 January @ 8-9pm on ITV1

Superintendent Heaton (Daniel Flynn) prepares to hold a press conference about abducted 11-year-old, Dean Clark (Luke Beach). As Heaton is hounded by journalists asking questions about child killer Linda Johnson's (Katy Cavanagh) involvement, Pete (Perry Blanks) and Tommy Barclay (Anthony May), the brother and father of one of Linda's victims, demand to speak to him.

PC Diane Noble (Kaye Wragg) finds a ransom note in the station and Heaton is furious that they missed who left it. The note demands that Linda drop £10,000 in a park in return for Dean and DI Neil Manson (Andrew Lancel) persuades Linda to go along with it. The team organise the sting and Neil watches while Linda walks to the drop off point. He quickly aborts the mission and runs to rescue Linda when he sees Pete running towards her with a knife.

After further investigation, the team discover that Scott Haworth (Luke De Lacey) is the abductor. Linda is stunned and tells Neil that Scott was their first victim who she helped escape before her dead partner, Alistair Haig, killed him. DCI Jack Meadows (Simon Rouse) questions Scott's wife Mary (Niky Wardley) who admits she threw him out several weeks ago, after he beat up their son.

Believing that Scott wants to see Linda again to get some answers, Jack and Heaton use the media to let Scott know that she's in hospital. Scott is soon seen frantically searching the hospital and when he pulls a knife out, Neil has to quickly decide work out whether its answers or revenge Scott wants.