Abuse of Trust

Abuse of Trust is the 105th episode of Taggart.

It was originally broadcast on STV on 10 October 2010 and was shown in rest of the UK  on 18 January 2011.

PLOT
Ship-workers Union leader Will Ramsay is shot dead on leaving a meeting. His boss Cam Beattie also sustains a gunshot wound. Beattie blames employer Seaward Systems for the murder - the Union is in the midst of a bitter labour dispute and the workforce is out on strike.

Beattie is taken to hospital for treatment. He can't identify Ramsay's killer. Lorna, Beattie's wife, is by his bedside. She seems deeply shaken by the attack on her husband

Ross questions Union Secretary Patrick Carr. He's co-operative, but Ross notes a hint of resentment towards Beattie and Ramsay.

On discharging himself from hospital, Beattie returns home only to be shot by an attacker wielding a crossbow... He survives to tell the tale, but the pressure mounts on Burke and the team to get to the bottom of the attacks.

When Patrick Carr is found destroying compromising documents, his involvement in the crimes seems inevitable. But then Reid uncovers evidence that brings everything into sharp focus...

CAST

 * DS Jackie Reid - Blythe Duff
 * DI Robbie Ross - John Michie
 * DCI Matt Burke - Alex Norton
 * Cam Beattie - Gordon Kennedy
 * Paramedic - Floss Ross
 * Patrick Carr - Frank Gallagher
 * Reporter - Gemma Stroyan
 * Lorna Beattie - Joanna Roth
 * Duncan Clark - Davood Ghadami
 * Francis Cullen - Kirsty Anne Shaw
 * Lawrence Brown - Ian Cairns
 * Adam Turner - Stuart Bowman
 * Chief Superintendent Karen Campbell - Siobhan Redmond
 * Striker - Gavin Kean
 * Gina Curran - Anita Vettesse
 * Jamie Curran - Scott Fletcher