 The case against Martin falters as evidence disappears and witnesses fail to identify him in a line @-@ up . Black is approached by Pepper , Martin 's self @-@ appointed lawyer , who extends Black an invitation to join his legal practice . Martin later claims in court to have killed Bletcher . Elsewhere , another Millennium Group member , Mike Atkins ( Robin Gammell ) , receives a telephone call from someone pretending to be Black . Meanwhile , Black suspects that the occult @-@ oriented murder may have been committed to draw the Group , and Black , into the open again . 
