After Victor Peirce and cohorts are officially charged with the Walsh Street police killings, Fraser builds a defence plan with his team of lawyers and barristers. His central strategy being, to remind the media, that in Australia one is innocent until proven guilty. There is still little evidence to connect Victor - except for the fact that his wife Wendy and nephew are now giving the police hard evidence against him. But when tensions within the police task force spill out, Wendy turns, changes her evidence and becomes a hostile witness. Victory seems close, but the pressure sees Fraser leaning heavily on cocaine.