Was Dci Gates Bent?
After Some Back and Forth, Hunter Angrily Tells Gates What He Wants to Hear and That the Men Were "Killed on His Orders". This Is Caught on Tape, Implicating...
After some back and forth, Hunter angrily tells Gates what he wants to hear and that the men were "killed on his orders". This is caught on tape, implicating Hunter and satisfying AC-12. ... After assuring Arnott he was "never bent", Gates commits suicide by walking into the path of an oncoming truck.
Why did DCI kill himself?
In the end Steve Arnott tells Superintendent Ted Hastings (Adrian Dunbar) that Tony Gates died while trying to detain a suspect and therefore died in the line of duty, meaning his family got his Death in Service benefit and also his police pension.
What happened to DCI Gates in line of duty?
Tony Gates – season 1
Lennie James' character died by suicide after walking onto a motorway, where he was struck by a lorry. The DCI wasn't involved in organised crime, but he had helped to cover up his mistress Jackie Laverty's involvement in a hit-and-run.