Sherlock & Co. - 50 - The Red Circle - Part Four

Episode Date: September 10, 2024

BADFELLAS - In a mad dash through Howe Street and Russell Square I found myself in a battle with a Mob Boss. The only thing that would improve upon the glory of this moment would be if the mic actually worked properly but I'm gonna let that go now. The team and I had finally closed the pincers of justice on Rosso Gorgiano. Lord Harmson case still better. Whatever. Part 4 of 4. For merchandise and transcripts go to: www.sherlockandco.co.uk For ad-free, early access to adventures in full go to www.patreon.com/sherlockandco Follow me @DocJWatsonMD on twitter, or sherlockandcopod on TikTok and instagram.  To get in touch via email: [e-mail] This episode contains swearing and depictions of violence. Listener discretion is advised. This podcast is property of Goalhanger Podcasts. Copyright 2024. SHERLOCK AND CO. Based on the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Paul Waggott as Dr. John Watson Harry Attwell as Sherlock Holmes Marta da Silva as Mariana Ametxazurra Jasmine Kerr as Imani Warren Ant McGinley as DI Tom Gregson Thomas Mitchells as 'Barry' Jenny Ferguson as Debbie Leverton Alex Marchi as Rosso Additional Voices: Adam Jarrell Written by Joel Emery Directed by Adam Jarrell Editing and Sound Design by Holy Smokes Audio Produced by Neil Fearn and Jon Gill Executive Producer Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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That's him, him there. The one whose wife bottled the other lass. We must find this woman, Abbie Zamba. That'll be easy. Local police force. What you think they'll know her? She bottled someone on telly. Yeah good, good point. Leave him alone!

Where are you taking him? We're here Gregson, and we're taking Augusto into custody for his own good. I love you babe! I'm so sorry! Oh my god, be careful with him! I'm looking at the footage from the night the Augusto Zamba QR code appeared. Yeah, and? Watch.

What the hell? Code isn't there. QR code appeared. Yeah, and? Watch. The hell? Code isn't there. A bus passes by and as if by magic. Zoom in. Yeah, no, I see it. How? There wasn't even anybody walking along the street, but this is baffling.

Yes. Excellent, isn't it? Where are we going? Call Imani Warren of Hudson's. Tell her to meet us at Howe Street House immediately. Printer. Hmm? The construction team have a printer.

Yeah, Veronsite passes. The security here is proper. There's previous jobs on this printer that are A4. Security passes aren't A4. Three jobs saved with QR in the title. The code appeared on the site as if from nowhere. At least that's what the CCTV tells us. But what if it wasn't from nowhere? What if it was from inside the site? You named something cooler than this! What were you doing on Saturday?

Oh you know, I caught a mafia boss. What about you? Watson! Hands up you son of a bitch! Who the hell are you? Your worst nightmare buddy, tell him Sherlock! I am Mr Sherlock Holmes and this is my companion Dr John Watson. The game is up! Senor Giorgano! Ha! You'll have to catch me fast! Oh shit! Ha! You have to catch me fast! Whoa! Oh shit!

John! Help me! Help! Take my hand, John! Take my bloody hand! I can't hold on! Sherlock, I can't hold on! Sherlock, I can't hold... Ah, one final part everybody. Welcome back to the adventure of the Red Circle. This episode contains lots of action. Everything that entails is in the text disclaimer.

Get ready folks, it's a rough ride. Here we go. Woah! Oh shit! John! Help me! Help! Take my hand, John. Take my bloody hand! I can't reach. Sherlock. I can't reach. I can't hold on. Sherlock, I can't hold on. Sherlock, I can't hold on. You can!

I can't! You have to! I'm gonna die, aren't I? I'm gonna bloody die, aren't I? Stop looking down and look at me! What are you doing? I'm climbing down to you! Don't, you idiot! Like Rosso, and unlike you, I'm going to scale down this lift shaft with caution!

I was excited, okay? Jesus! Here, now take my arm. Ah, ah, ah, ah, oh, okay, got it. Let me hold your weight. Sherlock. I'm strong enough, for goodness sake. Okay, well I'm gonna do no-carb November, so I might be a little heavier than usual right now shut up and get on with it okay okay oh I'm on excellent all right not that bad just a little

weight from the summer of course, don't climb down it. We must follow him! Just get us out. I have an idea. I don't think we should let fear dictate our next move. I'm not scared to climb down the lift shaft, mate. I've genuinely got a faster route. Oh, have you now? Yeah, I do.

Er, where is it? Where is it? Follow me. Watson! This way. Come on, man. Ah, where is it? Where is it? Follow me. Watson! This way. Come on, come on.

I didn't nearly die to let Brosseau get away. No, and neither did I. Where are you going? The Mafia boss went that way, you fool! Would a fool do this? Wait, Watson. Rubble shaft mate, our builders dispose of waste. Basically a giant tunnel slide. I'll see you on the flip ski- Oh fuck!

Aaaaaah! Oh my god, this is fucking awful! Aaaaaah! Very steeper! You're not steeper! Aaaaaah! Aaaaaah! Oh! Oh! You're not stupid!

Bloody hell! Oh, I'm winded! Oh, that is honestly so unsafe! Are you alright, Watson? Yeah! Yeah, I landed in a skip! It's... Oh god, I'm bleeding! I'm bleeding it! Oh no, wait Oh no wait. No it's paint. This paint is bloody everywhere. For god sake. He's getting away. What? Northwest?

Northwest? I'm not a pirate. Who says Northwest? At the end of Howell Street. By the British Museum. Right, gotcha. I'm on it. Take the gun! I don't want the gun! Ow! Sorry! I said I didn't want it! Sorry. Excuse me, sorry. It's not blood, it's paint.

Excuse me. Whoa, God! Rosso! I don't know Italian, but I know that wasn't very nice. Oh God, he's ran past Museum Security. Rosso! Hey, hey, hey, you stop now. No, no, no, I'm chasing. hey, you stop now. You stop.

No, no, no, I'm chasing. Hey, you stop. A mafia boss. A protester. We've got a protester. I'm not a protester. I fell in a skint. Hey, where you going? It's not blood. God, where did he go? Ah, okay. Ross-o!

The Roman Empire is from North Africa, Western Asia and Europe. Ross-o! Jesus! Dominated Britannia for 400 years. the Roman Empire North Africa Western Asia and Europe Ross I can taste this page I know who you are Rosso! Giuseppe Giorgiano! Silenzio! Where are you? I'm starting to regret leaving the gun in the skip. This is not your business! I think you'll find it is. You are invading a personal situation, stay out of it!

This is my turf! Yeah, I'm British, mate. This entire museum is built on us sticking our noses in where we shouldn't be. You are playing with death, dah! We found your communications, Rosso! Your QR codes! We know you had those men killed! And you did it on British soil!

So now who's on someone else's turf hey it's time for you to die yeah I may be unarmed but so are you oh god whoa hey whoa whoa that is a precious artifact that sword is not a weapon well maybe is in a technical sense this was built to slash open the hearts of Englishmen and barbarians. And so it must once more. Ross Oates, put the sword down. Let's just take this down a notch.

Yeah, I mean, hey, let's go for a coffee. No, we go for a cappuccino. That is a breakfast drink! All right, Jesus, calm down! Julius Caesar cut this country open and bled it out like the pigs you are! But he was betrayed... ...in a coup. Traitors...

...backstabbers... ...they get what they deserve! Oh God... Oh God... Oh God... Come back! Oh God... Coward! Oh God... Ow! Oh god, oh god, oh god. Come back!

Coward! Ow! Oh that hurt! Right, come on! Dagger, dagger, helmet, please. Why are there so many daggers? How did the Romans build an empire off fucking daggers? Ha, glad you thought!

How did the Romans build an empire off fucking daggers? Ha! Glad you thought! Ha ha! Okay. God, I hope this is recording. Time to be eliminated. Oh God! Roster, please. You came to me, not I to you.

I was just protecting people. Leave the sword, die by the sword. Rosso, no. What is that? Who's doing that? There's a red circle on me! Get it off! Rosso, stay still! Get it off!

Rosso! Ah! Rosso! What is it? Put the sword down! Put the sword down! Please! It's a dot, Rosso!

A red dot from a rifle sight! No! Put the sword down! Put the sword down! Put the sword down! Put the sword down! Put the sword down! Put the sword down!

Put the sword down! Put the sword down! Put the sword down! Put the sword down! Put the sword down! Put the sword down! Put the sword down. Please! Put the sword down. Please! It's a dot Rosso, a red dot from a rifle sight. No! Put the sword down. Listen to what he says, Signor Giugiano! You're surrounded!

Put the weapon down or you will be eliminated! It's over! He's right, Watson. It finally is over. I think you may be ready for your upload. Ha! Yeah. Yeah, me too. On your front!

Cuff him! Signor Giuseppe Rosso Giorgiano, in conjunction with Interpol, the Polizio di Stato and London's Metropolitan Breach, you will be held in custody here in the UK. Giuseppe Rosso Giugiano, in conjunction with Interpol, the Polizio di Stato and London's Metropolitan Police, you will be held in custody here in the UK. You do not have to say anything unless you wish to do so, but anything you do say will be taken down. Traitors! Well done mate. Well done to you Watson.

Well done Mariana. I would hug, but... Yeah, the paint Well done, Mariana. I would hug, but, um... Yeah, the paint. Right, come on. What? Show's over. Ow! No, wait, I'm not a protester! I'm not! Ow! No, look!

I like the artefacts, okay? I just think we should share them around a little bit. Ow! You're twisting my arm! And the paint? It's not an oil thing. Okay, okay. Is it a war thing? No, it's not a war thing.

It's... I... Fell into a skip. He slid down a rubble slide. Yeah, but it's not a slide. It looks like a slide, but it's a shoe for rubble slide. Yeah but it's not a slide it looks like a slide but it's a shoe for rubble. Okay and you did that why? Sorry look I did it to get the Italian bloke who's murdered god knows how many people behind bars. Chris I'll take it from here.

Ah okay here he is big guy Tommy Gregson the Gregster? Stop it. Okay. Not ready to bury the hatchet? Nope. Right. Signor Giorgiano has been in custody for a couple of hours. We've not got long left until we need to charge him. But the case looks strong, right? It's multifaceted, put it that way. The first hoop we've got to jump through is British law.

Then we can consolidate this thing with the other international bodies involved in the case. What's the problem? The problem is, we have evidence that Rosso was housed in a show apartment for weeks and weeks. Yeah, he was. And? And that actually doesn't do a great deal in proving that he was involved in the killings. Because it was done by a hitman. Exactly.

So, what do we do? Listen, we can arrest this guy, we can charge this guy but unless we do it on the right counts with full confidence I might add the chances of getting this guy where he belongs which is an Italian court it's complicated. What do you need from us? We need to find that hitman. I want every single feed of every single camera that is remotely near Howe Street house. I want footage from the 3rd, the 18th and the 23rd and run it at 800%. We are in a room that is absolutely bustling with officers and analysts.

It's... yeah, it's absolutely mental. I can't even count how many screens are in here. There aren't any lights on, but the whole room is basically illuminated by this feed of Howe Street where we were earlier today. Oh God, my eyes. Sherlock is watching this at a very high speed, but it makes your eyes burn just looking at it. Obviously, he seems to be enjoying himself somewhat. What do you think he's looking for? Well, no, he has full clearance. I would imagine he's hoping to see somebody scan that code.

That would make sense. Hey, do you know what else would make sense? What? Excuse me, can we use this laptop, please? Of course, yeah. Thank you. Oh, what else would make sense? What? Excuse me, can we use this laptop please? Of course, yeah. Thank you. Oh, what's the password? Met123 with a capital M.

The password is Met123. Yeah, but it's got a capital M. Yeah, got that. Good lord. Encouraging, isn't it? Quite. Ok, right. The link that Emani sent for the QR code she scanned? Which has been taken down.

No, no, no. I know, I know. But the generator? The QR code generating software. It will have analytics, right? Right. Of what exactly? Of the activity on the QR code. Clicks onto the landing page like any site or... Here, look. Um...

QRmaker.com. Okay, so we go to QRmaker.com, based in Baltimore, US. And... Boom, we have a number. Hey, you. Yeah? Call this number. Tell them who you are. Give them your, I don't know, officer ID or something.

Okay. It's ringing. Bloody hell. Hello, QR Maker tech support. Hi, my name is Deborah, Debbie. More confidence. Officer Debbie Leavitton here. Force identification number 33428. I'm calling from the Metropolitan

Police here in London. London, yeah, I see that on the caller ID. Is everything okay? We're filing an urgent data access request to QR Maker on QR code. Code... the ID number on it. Oh, here. Code 44B5762CX99M. Copy that. Okay, looking that up for you now. That code was only scanned twice. Imani and the Hitman. Once by an iPhone at 9.33amm. on the third yeah that's the money what's the next one and the other device that scanned will be an Android

operating system what time 11 42 a.m. local time also on the third thank you 11 42 a.m. on the third who said that Deborah? Debra... Debbie. Get the feeds to 11.42am on the third. Where are you? Where are you? Bingo. Pause. Pausing feed why? What do you think Sherlock? That's our man. I'd say six foot two, late thirties, carrying a black backpack, retro Adidas trainers, a red watch, looks digital, red glasses, and red gloves. Cycling gloves. Indeed. Officers of the Metropolitan Police Service, you have two hours to plot this gentleman's

route back to his starting point using every possible camera feed to track him. Alright let's go let's go let's go! Don't do that. Sorry. You're reaching on your jab too much. You want to come in closer. All right. That energy that you're burning through just in those extra couple of centimeters, mate, honestly, you soon adds up. Well... Okay. Great tip. Top stuff. Thanks.

Barry. On your shorts there. Yeah, Barry. I'm Sherlock. Yeah, yeah, hi mate. Just... You want to come and do that down on the mats? Just cos the ring is for sparring.

Ah, goodness. Bloody hell. Okay. Sorry Barry. Would love to spar but I just... It's a confidence thing. Well, Margot, I don't show up for another 20 minutes so we could get the jab working better for you, couldn't we? Oh, would... would that be okay? Oh of course mate come on then I won't do pads I'll just put my gloves up here and what I want to see from you is just that jab over and over

like this again it's that extension bring it in closer Like this. Again, it's that extension, bring it in closer. Here. There we go, now we're cooking. And now gloves up and just shift your body away from us. Yes, this is much better. Yes, that's it and we go again. Jab, jab, jab.

Jab, jab, jab. Yes. You see. Bit of a combo there. Yeah, that's quite a hook. Yeah. I'd work on the jab for now. But I've been jabbing away for a while.

I want to land that killer blow, Barry. No, I mean, that'll come, but all right, steady now. Barry, eh? You don't look like a Barry. Just slow it down a sec. But of course it's a nickname isn't it Barry derived from your surname. Stop! Borelli. Really finding my technique now. Right you want to try taking a couple of pops then mate? Oh certainly, but unlike your previous work, I won't be struck down so easily.

You see Barry, you're all good and well when the target is picked out for you. Gennaro Luca. Frank Kaller. Carlo Castellotti. When picking your own targets, you really are rather clumsy. Pick your target. Chin. Your... target... chin. Point of jaw, of course. And temple.

Can you feel that studying? Your heart pounding blood into your head. Oxygen-rich blood. Very handy thing. But when there's too much of it up there, it feels rather foggy doesn't it? Vomiting, confusion. I think if we do another bout we might find ourselves in the rather uncertain territory of brain bleeding. No, no, no, no, no. No quite. I think we've reached our conclusion, don't you? You may want to slip off those boxing gloves.

Makes it rather difficult to get the cuffs on. Hey. Barry, you're coming with us. Hey! Barry, you're coming with us. People are staring. What was he on about? Cappuccinos are great any time of the day. You've got paint in your coffee.

Yeah, I should really wash this off. Yes, you should. Can we go home? I'm just relaxing with my friends, having a coffee. That was a pretty good case. Pretty good, yeah. Yeah. You know what, guys? After all that, I think it might be even better than the Lord Harmson surgery murder. Nah.

Hmm, not in the slightest. God, that one was so good, wasn't it? But hey, it didn't contain mafioso killings a sword fight a boxing match and of course di Tom Gregson Yeah, yeah, he was nice. It is bugging me though. That's name. Oh You're gonna tell me Tom was in a reality show as well. No, no, I just I know it You know, maybe maybe it's wait. Maybe it was from an email You know, maybe it was from an email? Um, Gregson, Gregson, Greg... Ah, yep, here it is!

Oh, um, dear Sherlock and co. Good work on your cases. But what you don't know is that Sherlock is NOT London's first consulting detective. I was. Until he took the idea from me. I closed my company down and rejoined the Met last year. Ah yes. That was it. Sorry about that. That was The Adventure of the Red Circle in all its disgraceful glory. Follow me on Twitter at Doc J Watson MD and follow the show on TikTok and Instagram, Sherlock

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