Merseybeat S04E06 - Repeat Offender

There is a serial rapist on the loose but his latest attack ends in failure and is witnessed by a young boy. DI Pete Hammond needs to crack the case before the rapist strikes again, but Supt Jim Oulton, still feeling like a fish out of water as "the man upstairs", wants to be involved in the case too. It's crucial that the two men bury their differences to get a result. Station receptionist Natalie Vance's brother is brought in for stealing cars. PC Glenn Freeman believes he is fronting an operation that procures expensive cars to order and sells them on.When Natalie confronts her brother with the truth, she faces an agonising dilemma: does she turn him in to save him from a long-term career in crime … and the nick?