Line of Duty caught in row as show refers to suspect with Down's Syndrome as 'oddball'
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mirror.co.ukThe writer of Line of Duty was yesterday forced to defend his decision to have Superintendent Ted Hastings refer to a suspect with Down’s Syndrome as “the local oddball” - on World Down Syndrome Day.
Many viewers reacted with dismay when Ted, played by Adrian Dunbar, made the comment about Terry Boyle, a character familiar to long-term fans from a previous series.
But writer Jed Mercurio said the statement, which aired in Sunday’s opening episode, was a direct quote from Barry George, the man convicted and later acquitted of the murder of Jill Dando, and was intended to portray “policing with some of its failings”.
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