Janus

- Season 1

(1994)

Four men, all career criminals, are charged over the fatal shooting of a policeman and the serious wounding of another, during an armed hold up. When they walk free because of a legal technicality, the city reels in shock.

Steve Hennessey's girlfriend, Kirsty Nicholls, turns to the police for protection in return for giving evidence against Mal on a drug charge.

Mal and Steve Hennessey, along with their de facto brother-in-law Darren Mack, are once again up on drug charges.

Having attacked Kirsty outside of court months earlier, Rhonda Hennessey is now on trial herself facing a charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice for threatening Kirsty.

A youth is charged with a long list of offences, including attempted murder, after a high-speed chase ends with him nearly running down a police officer.

Prosecutor Rob Griffin takes on the case of Jane and Caroline, two sisters who had been abused by their uncle several years before.

The pressure is finally beginning to tell on Steve Hennessey. He has a fight with his girlfriend Kirsty the night before his bail hearing and goes out to drown his sorrows.

Steve Hennessey is still on the run. However, Kenny, a small-time crook and criminal colleague of Steve's, is facing an attempted murder charge after a bank job went wrong.

Vic Manoulis tries to remain impartial when justice-seeker Michael Kidd takes on the defence of two detectives charged with assaulting a bouncer.

The drug trial of Steve Hennessey and Darren Mack begins in the County Court with Michael Kidd and Vic Manoulis taking their places at the bar table.

It seems that fate is conspiring to keep Steve Hennessey out of jail-even though the evidence against him is overwhelming.

Peter Faithful's evidence against Steve Hennessey and Darren Mack proves to be extremely incriminating. However, it is up to Michael Kidd to discredit the experienced detective.